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Assignee: Wabco Standard Trane Inc.

Location: Toronto, CA
No. of patents: 1

Number	Title	Issue Date
5031731	Brake actuator with slack adjuster disabling mechanism A brake actuator having a service brake coupled to an emergency/parking brake through a lost-motion connection that allows the service brake to be applied independently of the emergency/parking brake includes a slack adjuster, the pawl of which is withhel...	07/16/1991