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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7077249 | Drum brakes with interconnected multi-degrees-of-freedom shoes This invention is a new type of drum brake and its variants for motor vehicles, the shoe mechanism assembly of which has at least one set of interconnected shoe mechanism and automatic adjusting mechanism of brake clearance. The interconnected shoe mechanism consist... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6948596 | Dual-acting band brake A band brake for retarding the motion of an associated rotatable member. The brake acts to resist motion of the rotatable member through actuation of both of its ends by a cylindrical actuating member. The band is connected with and carried by actuator so as to allo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6159123 | Gearbox with retarder The invention concerns a vehicle transmission for commercial vehicles having an additional continuous braking device wherein the additional continuous braking device, in addition to braking, is provided as a startup retarder (2) to start the vehicle.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 4591028 | Disc brake having oppositely swingable cylinder and caliper A single brake cylinder for directly loading an inner pad against a disc, and a yoke for indirectly loading an outer pad against the disc are both swingable, respectively, about a cylinder pivot axis and a yoke pivot axis which are both substantially para... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4384637 | Band brake assembly A band brake assembly comprises a friction element (12) engageable with a rotatable member (10) and an input linkage assembly (30) controlling engagement of the friction element with the rotatable member. The input linkage assembly (30) is carried by a mo... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4006916 | Lockable articulation A lockable articulation for permitting relative angular rotation between a first and a second part, such for example as the body of a three-wheeled vehicle and the rear axle of the vehicle, said articulation comprising a hollow cylindrical drum centered a... | 02/08/1977 |
