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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5433298 | Actuating mechanism for a sliding-caliper disc brake An actuating mechanism for a sliding caliper disc brake has an actuator shaft with a projection in the form of an involute with an increasing radius. The involute is linked to an arcuate shaped rolling element through a pin fitting in recesses in the resp... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5388671 | Adjusting and centering mechanism on the sliding advance lock of a servo drum brake An adjusting and centering mechanism for a sliding advance lock of a servo drum brake, has a pawl drive which cooperates with toothed adjusting wheels. The pawl drive is actuated when the sliding advance lock is axially displaced in consequence of actuati... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5379867 | Re-adjusting mechanism for a disc brake An operating mechanism (17) for a sliding caliper disc brake including a caliper housing (1) a thrust element (9) slidably mounted in the housing for reciprocating movement toward and away from a disc brake (2), two thrust spindles (10, 11) in screw threa... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5136772 | Process for the manufacture of a two-part operating piston for a disc brake A process of permanently joining a cylindrical core (2) to a metallic beaker-shaped part (1) which together form an operating piston of a hydraulically operated disc brake includes inserting the core into a bore in the beaker-shaped part, and providing an... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5111915 | Sliding saddle disk brake A sliding saddle disk brake used as a parking or emergency brake has two opposed and spaced legs (4,6) on opposite sides of a brake disk (10), a cross member (8) connecting the legs and an activator (12) arranged in one brake saddle leg (4). First and sec... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5064034 | Spreading-wedge device, particularly for motor-vehicle brakes A spreading wedge actuator for vehicle brakes includes a housing (11) mounted on a brake carrier, two coaxial pressure members (2, 3) displaceably mounted in the housing (1) and abutting at outer ends against the brake operating members, a spreading wedge... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5064028 | Leaf spring for holding down the brake-lining carrier of a disc brake Leaf spring (18) for holding down the brake-lining carrier (25, 26), of a disc brake wherein the brake-lining carrier (25, 26) has a friction-lining free section (39) onto which is fixed a central holding section (27) of the leaf spring. The leaf spring h... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4981197 | Mechanically actuatable sliding-caliper disc brake An automatic adjusting device for a mechanically acutated sliding-caliper disc brake has a mechanically actuated device for moving the sliding caliper relative to the brake disc comprising an oblique-track spreading device which has an actuating shaft, an... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4865161 | Sliding saddle disc brake A brake having a brake carrier and saddle is disclosed in which a sliding bolt fastened to the saddle is received in a bore in the carrier. After actuation by the brake by hydraulic piston, the saddle is returned to its rest position by a compression spri... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4798270 | Hydraulically actuated sliding-caliper disc brake An actuator for a hydraulically actuated caliper disc brake having a brake shoe comprises an actuating piston of two-part construction mounted for displacement in a cylinder and acted upon by a pressure fluid. The actuator has a cup-shaped member of cast ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4770278 | Automatic adjustment device for internal shoe brakes An automatic adjustment device for internal shoe brakes, comprises a fixed housing disposed interiorly of a rotating brake drum, a slidably guided, non-rotatable, axially displaceable pressure element disposed in the housing and operated mechanically or b... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4637499 | Expander mechanism for an internal shoe drum brake An expanding mechanism for an interior shoe drum brake, such as a simplex "expander-wedge" type brake, comprises a cylinder housing affixed to a brake support, coaxially mounted pressure pistons slidable in the housing, expander members adjoining the resp... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4615417 | Mechanically operated sliding saddle disc brake A mechanically operated sliding saddle disc brake has a fixedly positioned brake carrier 1, a brake saddle 2 mounted in the brake carrier and slidably displaceable parallel to the rotational axis of the wheel to be braked, with two shanks 2', 2" which str... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4533022 | Hydraulically operable brake, in particular, a servo brake The invention relates to a hydraulically operable brake, in particular, a servo brake, with a brake carrier arranged secure against turning on the vehicle, a wheel cylinder fastened to the circumferential zone of the brake carrier, which wheel cylinder is... | 08/06/1985 |
