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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4738338 | Brake anti-squeal apparatus An anti-squeal system for a wheel assembly having a brake drum and a tire rim mounted in radial spaced relationship is provided with a separate wedge assembly inserted between the brake drum and the tire rim. The wedge assembly has a pair of pads separate... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4724938 | Method of making and checking the jounce and rebound actions of an hydraulic damper Bleed orifices are formed in the lower end of the rod guide of a double acting hydraulic strut or shock unit. The bleed orifices are of sufficient size and number that when a rod guide designed for a larger bore unit is assembled in a unit with a smaller ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4673064 | Rear disk brake conversion kit The present invention includes a conversion kit having substantially four pairs of pieces including a pair of rotors, a pair of calipers, a pair of bracket plates, and a pair of hub inserts along with the necessary fastening structure. The installation or... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4667781 | Electric brake heater This invention provides for heating a brake assembly electrically to prevent it from freezing. More specifically this invention provides for heating electrically an aircraft multi-disk brake assembly. An electric resistance heating element 12 is adapted to for... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4594785 | Disc brake caliper piston diagnostic gauge A disc brake caliper piston diagnostic gauge for the in situ testing and monitoring of a caliper piston which consists of a dial gauge having an externally threaded probe stem housing which extends outwardly therefrom into close proximity to a caliper pis... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4441854 | Controlling positioning systems upon removal of power Damage to tools and/or equipment (such as measuring equipment) mounted on industrial robot systems or other positioning systems tending to drop when electrical power is cut off, is eliminated by auxiliary equipment which prevents such dropping.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4407027 | Pool-cover apparatus and method In the first embodiment of the apparatus, each end frame of the apparatus has one position at which wheels engage the decking surrounding the pool, and another position at which a braking region engages such deck. In accordance with the method, the operat... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4387702 | Solar tracking system An optical/mechanical solar tracking system having a lens for focusing the sun's rays for use by an element which changes shape in response to heat. The change of shape of the element is used to operate a mechanical brake which allows the tracking system ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4351423 | Method for limited, gradual disengagement of a brake, and such a brake An industrial emergency brake is disclosed in which the braking members are disengaged gradually from the brake disc or the like after detonation of an explosive component or electromagnetic de-energization by a stud in threaded engagement with the brakin... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4296842 | Pawl and ratchet mechanism An improved pawl and ratchet mechanism is disclosed wherein at least one of a plurality of pawl elements movably disposed within a housing is movable into a least one of the spaces between the teeth of a toothed track ratchet irrespective of the location ... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4278726 | Energy absorbing elements comprising rigid non-elastomeric layer and visco-elastic layer with twisted fiber bundles embedded therein An energy absorbing element such as a spring, shock absorber or vibration damper in the form of a laminated structure comprising at least one rigid non-elastomeric layer such as a reinforced plastic material bonded to a visco-elastic layer such as a vulca... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4232762 | Wide-band vibration damper A wide-band vibration damper for damping sound propagating in a solid body includes at least one horn member having a broad end or side and a tapering end. The broad horn side or end is rigidly connected to the solid body which is to be dampened in its vi... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4230208 | Moisture removal assembly A moisture removal assembly designed to be mounted on a brake shoe and pad structure of the rim engaging or caliper type brake assembly comprising a base designed to be removably attached to the brake shoe and a wiper blade structure depending from the ba... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4083433 | Active vibration damper with electrodynamic sensor and drive units An electrodynamic sensor unit and a drive unit are attached to a member subject to vibration. The sensor unit provides a signal proportional to the vibration velocity, and this signal is utilized to govern the operation of the drive unit, which acts to re... | 04/11/1978 |
| 3952979 | Isolator Isolation of a platform from a base is achieved by employing six supports therebetween which preferably comprise two sets of three mutually perpendicular supports. The supports can be varied in length by a motor to control the platform in all six degrees ... | 04/27/1976 |
