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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331432 | Disk brake apparatus Axial grooves 8e and circumferential groove 8f intersecting with he axial grooves are provided in a cylinder bore 8e. A fixed-side cam plate 12 has anti-rotation projections 12c, which are projected from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325887 | Parking-braking in vehicles A parking braking system for a brake in a vehicle wherein, upon moving a parking brake selector to a park position, the brake is arranged to be mechanically locked or latched into place by means of a variable position park latch mechanism which is adapted to co-oper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7261189 | Braking system of a rail vehicle A braking system of a rail vehicle includes a parking brake device having a gearing. The gearing converts a rotating movement initiated by rotation-actuating devices into an application of movement of at least one pressure-medium-operated cylinder piston drive. Also... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258206 | Disc brake An electronically controlled disc brake with self-servo effect comprises a ramp plate provided with a brake pad for engagement with a brake disc, an actuator for applying a control force on the ramp plate substantially transverse to the brake disc, a ramp bridge, an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237658 | Frictional brake mechanism A frictional brake mechanism for detaining a first body relative to a second body having a surface, comprising a brake pad coupled to the first body and disposed adjacent to the surface and movable to and from a braking condition, wherein the brake pad frictionally ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234785 | Parking-braking in vehicles having an electronic braking system A parking braking system for a vehicle uses an electronic braking system (EBS) as a primary source for generating a parking brake force via pneumatic brake actuators. Each pneumatic actuator actuates a piston that is adapted to rotate a pivoted lever, which moves to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228772 | Brake positioning system A saw is disclosed having a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a saw blade, and a brake adapted to stop the saw blade in response to detection of the dangerous condition. The saw further includes a brake positioning system ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188710 | Hydraulic brake actuator comprising electrically actuable lock for park brake In an automotive vehicle braking system, a hydraulic brake actuator includes a wedge for locking a hydraulic piston in a brake position for purposes of applying a park brake. To apply the park brake, hydraulic pressure is increased to advance the piston to urge the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178645 | Brake apparatus having automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with overadjustment preventer A brake apparatus having an automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with an overadjustment preventer constituted such that a piston is constituted by a structure of being divided in a plug piston 16 and a ring piston 14. The plug piston 16 is in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172056 | Friction brake with mechanical self-boosting and method for its actuation A disk brake having a first friction brake lining, which for braking can be pressed against a brake disk by pivoting of a support lever. A brake caliper is embodied as a floating caliper and an adjusting device is provided with which a second friction brake lining i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7134533 | Combined service and parking brake apparatus In a brake apparatus, a lead in a meshed portion between an external-thread portion (second stationary screw element) of a threaded shaft and an internal-thread portion (second movable screw element) of a nut is shorter than that in a meshed portion between an inter... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7097260 | Parking brake for a tractor A parking brake for a motor vehicle includes: a manual operating lever; a braking device designed to act on brake disks applied on a bevel pinion for transmission of the motion to the wheels of the motor vehicle; and a cable for transmission of the command imposed v... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093695 | Park brake cable end assembly for a drum-in-hat disc brake assembly This invention relates to an improved park brake cable end assembly for a drum-in-hat disc brake assembly having a disc service brake and a drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake. The drum-in-hat disc brake assembly includes a backing plate adapted to support a dru... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059427 | Automatic drilling system An automatic drilling system is disclosed which includes an electric servo motor operatively coupled to a winch brake control, a servo controller operatively coupled to the servo motor, and a drum position encoder rotationally coupled to a winch drum. The controller... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7026950 | Motor pulse controller The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating one or more than one physically detectable physical influence changes to control or manipulate a down hole device. The present invention intercepts existing control signals to various controllers o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026599 | Position and/or movement sensor with overload protection A position and/or movement sensor for measuring a position or movement of a first object relative to a second object comprises a measuring device including a first member coupled to the first object; a second member coupled to the second object; and one or more firs... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011377 | Electronic control unit for automatically activating a parking brake and method for preventing the automatic activation of the parking brake in motor vehicles An electronic unit for automatically activating a parking brake in dependence of at least one specified operating parameter or operating mode of a motor vehicle, which can be started without a mechanical key, is equipped with a device for arbitrarily preventing the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997290 | Parking brake assembly with wear adjustment for heavy road vehicle disc brake In a disc brake (10) having a disc (16) and a brake shoe (82) movable towards and away from a friction surface (86) provided on one face of the disc (16), there is provided a parking brake (22a/22b) havi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997291 | Vehicle disk brake with a motion converter A disc brake for a vehicle having a housing with a cavity therein that is divided by a thrust plate into a fluid chamber and an atmospheric chamber. A converter located in the fluid chamber includes a fixed reaction plate and a sliding plate that are separated by a ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978868 | Electromechanical brake with zero backlash actuation The invention relates to an electromechanical brake (10), especially for vehicles, comprising an electrical actuator generating an actuation force and acting upon at least one friction member (16) in order to press said member to elicit a frictional fo... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962244 | Brake mechanism and a method of controlling force amplification The present invention concerns a brake mechanism of a disc brake received in a caliper and a method for controlling the force amplification for the brake mechanism. The brake mechanism comprises a lever actuated by a brake actuator. The lever is acting on a cross ba... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6942074 | Drum brake system for vehicle A drum brake system adapted to transmit force to left and right levers for evenly contacting the left and right shoes to the drum when the driver depresses the brake pedal. The force is transmitted from a wheel cylinder, thereby resulting in an effective braking act... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6772863 | Brake appliance for gerotor motors A brake appliance for gerotor motors has a disc assembly brake comprising interacting discs that are subjected to opposing forces from pressurized fluid in one direction to disengage the discs, and from primary and secondary spring forces in the other direction to e... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766887 | Dual mode type drum brake device A brake cable for a dual mode type drum brake functioning as a leading-trailing type during the service brake and as a duo-servo type during the parking brake, may be easily arranged at a lower side of axle. The first and second brake levers (118), (119 | 07/27/2004 |
| 6736244 | Pneumatic disk brake with pressure elements A disk brake, preferably a compressed air operated disk brake, comprising a caliper which encompasses the brake disk, and an actuating device which is arranged on one side of the brake disk and provided with a pivotally mounted rotary lever. The rotary lever acts up... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6640936 | Brake cable connecting apparatus for drum brake A brake cable connecting apparatus is structured to prevent the inadvertent disengagement of a cable end from the brake lever while transporting a drum brake. The bridge portion (11e) of the strut (11) extends above the free end (12e) of the brake lever (... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6615957 | Dual-mode drum brake assembly having provision for preventing disengagement of members to be mutually engaged A dual-mode drum brake assembly including: (a) a backing plate which is fixed to a vehicle body; (b) first and second arcuate brake shoes disposed on the backing plate; (c) an actuator for moving the two brake shoes away from each other to force the two b... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6550598 | Electric park brake A brake apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing including a bore formed therein. A piston is slidably positioned in the bore, the piston and bore defining a fluid chamber therebetween. A screw member is operatively engaged with the piston. The piston a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505714 | Parking-braking in vehicles A vehicle braking system having an operating member (103) by way of which a foundation braking force can be transmitted to a brake actuator in accordance with a driver's intentions, wherein there is provided a park brake mechanism (24) which provides the ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6435317 | Brake cable-connecting apparatus for drum brake A brake-actuating mechanism comprises a strut; an operating lever relatively pivoted with respect to the strut about a pivot pin, a brake cable including a cable end engaging with the lever and a resilient member provided to obstruct a cable end engagemen... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415896 | Torque-receiving member and brake cylinder arrangement for drum brake The cylinder body 11 has the first boss 11d through which the wedge-actuating mechanism is inserted and the second boss 11e having an inlet port and outlet port of the fluid away from the first boss 11d, where the first boss 11d is fit in the boss fitting... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6394237 | Automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake It is an object of this invention to provide an automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake mechanism designed to improve its durability by eliminating a gap, which is caused due to the manufacturing tolerances between the operating end su... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394235 | Hydraulic vehicle brake with blocking means and method for operating same A hydraulic vehicle brake (10) has a hydraulic chamber (16) which sealingly accommodates a brake piston (18) which can slide along an axis (A). The brake piston (18) acts upon a friction member and can be moved by means of hydraulic pressure which is supp... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6386336 | Actuator module for a vehicle brake and vehicle brake with such an actuator module The invention relates to an actuator subassembly for a vehicle brake with a drive, which is connected to an input side of a lever arrangement, wherein an output side of the lever arrangement is adapted to operate at least one friction element of the vehic... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6374962 | Drum brake with dual-actuation A drum brake assembly (10) having first (12) and second (14) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (16). Each of the first (12) and second (14) brake shoes have an end (22,24) aligned on a hydraulic actuator assembly (26) and an end (28,30) aligned on a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354407 | Relating to disc brakes A disc brake includes a housing which straddles a braking disc and is slidably mounted in a torque taking member. The housing includes a brake actuator mechanism having at least one adjustable tappet assembly. The tappet assembly extends through a bearing... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354411 | Drum brake device A drum brake device in which the brake shoe return smoothly when releasing the parking brake on a slope. The points of the circumferential edges of the linings 6, 6 of the brake shoes 2, 3 at the service brake actuator side are located on the normal radia... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6325183 | Brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake A brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake which, even if the distance from the brake mounting surface to the brake shoe center in the width direction is short, secures an effective stroke of the brake cable, facilitates the layout of the brake cab... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6311808 | Combined service and parking brake system The present invention relates to a combined service and parking brake system, especially for automotive vehicles, which includes a hydraulically clampable combined service and parking brake with a mechanical locking device. The mechanical locking device i... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305511 | Parking braking in vehicles having conventional braking systems A parking braking system in a vehicle not having EBS wherein, for parking braking, the brakes are arranged to be supplied with actuating fluid from a pressure source under the control of a manually operated electrical device and wherein, upon selecting pa... | 10/23/2001 |
