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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4460071 | Disc brake for vehicular use A disc brake including a rotatable disc, a bracket having a pair of limbs and firmly attachable to a vehicle body portion in straddling relation to the disc, and a brake caliper mounted on the bracket, supporting a pair of friction pads on the opposite si... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4429769 | Floating caliper type disc brake A floating caliper type disc brake comprising a pair of friction pads, a caliper adapted to be mounted on a stationary member to slide thereon in the direction of the axis of a rotatable disc, each of the friction pads having on opposite ends in the direc... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4375252 | Shoe drum brake A shoe drum brake of the type including a pair of shoes, a first having a cylindrical portion, a second strut having external screw thread portion telescopically received in the cylindrical portion, an adjusting nut threadingly engaging with the screw thr... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4330049 | Disc brake assembly and resilient member therefor A disc brake assembly includes a caliper assembly which is operable to bias a pair of friction elements into engagement with a rotor. At least one resilient member cooperates with the caliper assembly and the pair of friction elements to releasably couple... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4310076 | Sliding caliper disc brake A disc brake of a type having a caliper member which is guided for axial movement on a carrier member relative to a disc is provided with a pair of freely rotatable pins which extend through axially directed bores in the caliper member. A pair of coil spr... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4282962 | Pivotal mounting assembly An improved pivotal mounting assembly, preferably for use with a centrifugal clutch for pivotally mounting the clutch shoes, has a plastic insert which forms either a sector-like portion of a usual cylindrical-shaped, metallic pivot pin, or a portion of t... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4182439 | Torque member for a drum brake A drum brake assembly includes a torque member which supports a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is engageable with a pair of brake shoes and is operable to move the pair of brake shoes into a braking position. The torque member comprises a cent... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4167990 | Drum brake having anti-rattle spring clip A drum brake assembly includes a backing plate for supporting a pair of brake shoes and a hydraulic actuator which cooperates with the pair of brake shoes to urge the latter into a braking position. A parking lever is pivotally mounted on one of the brake... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4166520 | Protective elastomeric brake rod sealing boot In a railway freight car an elastomeric boot is attached to the entrance and/or exit of a hollow sill or hollow structural member through which a brake rod passes. The brake rod passes through a brake rod opening in the boot in entering and/or leaving the... | 09/04/1979 |
