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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694784 | Adjusting apparatus for a pneumatically actuated disc brake An adjusting apparatus for a pneumatically actuated disc brake, in particular for arrangement in a rotatable spindle, having an overload coupling and a unidirectional coupling, is distinguished by the fact that the unidirectional coupling has a rolling-body coupling... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7337882 | Linear electromechanical screw actuator for parking brake A linear electromechanical actuator of the screw type for a parking brake including a tubular nut (22) coupled by means of an external thread to the casing (12) of the actuator and operated to perform a screwing movement about and along a longitudinal ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331431 | Pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake A pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake, including a brake caliper that straddles a brake disc, at least one brake application device for tensioning the brake disc by way of a displaceably guided element, particularly a cross member. The displaceably ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7211017 | Inter-axle differential lock shift mechanism An improved inter-axle differential locking clutch is provided that aligns the actuator and the clutch member thereby reducing space and material requirements in the axle assembly housing. The clutch also eliminates the need for a pushrod and shift fork thereby redu... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7124862 | Brake slack adjuster A brake slack adjuster is provided that includes a housing having an opening with a gear arranged within the opening. The housing includes a bore adjacent to the opening. A worm gear has an axis disposed within the bore and is an engagement with the gear. The worm g... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7040465 | Slack adjuster with wear reduction A slack adjuster for a vehicle brake includes a slack adjuster body having a cylindrical inner surface at least partially defining a chamber in the body. A worm gear is received in the chamber in the body. At least one low friction ring is interposed between the wor... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6988596 | Brake cylinder and motor vehicle brake comprising such a cylinder A mechanically and hydraulically actuated brake cylinder for a motor vehicle having a body with a chamber for receiving an axially movable piston (4) that is connected to a pivoting shaft (11) that has a part that is located outside of the body. Pressu... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978985 | Mechanism type non-sectional locking buffer device A non-sectional locking buffer device. The device utilizes a screw ascending and descending principle as a buffering function, wherein ball bearings or outer screw grooves are configured on a central shaft of the buffer device to operate in coordination with inner s... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6923297 | Disc brake seal assembly A seal device for use in sealing between parts of a thrust assembly of a disc brake has a support element (31) adapted to be carried by a first part (25) of the thrust assembly, the support element (31) carrying a seal (33) arranged so th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6845852 | Brake control apparatus obtaining braking force by pressing of friction member using motor A vehicular brake apparatus, which is provided at a shaft of a motor that revolves due to depression of a brake pedal, has a variable gear mechanism including a non-circular spur gear that changes a reduction ratio from a high gear ratio to a low gear ratio along wi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6619442 | Automatic stroke adjustment device for a brake actuator An automatic stroke adjustment device for a brake actuator having clutch rings (240, 340, 440, 540, 546, 640) making an irreversible screw engagement relatively rotatable for the amount of exceeding the backlash by releasing the clutch engagement to rotat... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6478120 | Actuating device having automatic adjustment for a vehicle hydraulic disk brake The invention relates to an actuating apparatus (12) with automatic clearance adjustment for a vehicle hydraulic disk brake and includes a housing (14) having a base (16) and a shell (18) in which an open cylinder bore (20) is provided. For actuating the ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6435319 | Disc brake actuator An actuator (13) device for a disc brake (4) is provided comprising a rotary actuator (13) operable, via a force transmission device (17, 18), to move a friction element (2) of the brake, in use, into engagement with a rotary brake disc (4), and a thrust ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431329 | Fluid parking brake for a rail vehicle air brake cylinder A fluid parking brake for a rail vehicle having a brake cylinder with a first piston responsive to fluid signals to apply and release the brakes on the vehicle. The parking brake includes a housing having a second piston in the housing and which is couple... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422354 | Disc brake caliper with integral parking brake A disc brake caliper with an integral parking brake includes a caliper housing defining a cavity therein and a piston axially translatable within the cavity and having an internal bearing surface. At least one brake pad is affixed to either the piston or ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408993 | Control arrangement for a brake lever A brake lever is to be attached to a splined S-cam shaft of an automotive drum brake and to be connected to a brake cylinder push rod. The lever has a control arrangement for transmitting a control movement from a control disc with a reference point to a ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6367367 | Brake cylinder device A brake cylinder device with a built-in automatic shoe clearance adjustment device which prevents a chance of misassembly, loosing, or omitting the spacer. The brake cylinder device includes an adjustment bolt screwed into a pair of pistons symmetrically ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6279691 | Electric braking device A force transmitting and converting mechanism for an electric braking device comprising a gear, a nut, a rotating body, a ramp mechanism, a screw member, and a brake element. The gear is rotated by the electric motor, and the nut disposed being opposed to... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6269914 | Disc brake device for vehicles Arrangement for disc brakes used on motor vehicles, comprising a tappet assembly (14), movable inside the caliper (1) and which, through an axial movement along its longitudinal axis relative to the caliper, can be changed from an active position and a pa... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6053289 | Disc brake with automatic adjusting device In a disc brake with automatic adjusting device, a nut (12) is screwed to an axially slidable, unrotatable spindle (11). Nut (12) is connected to a coupling element (13). An auxiliary piston (32) is slidably mounted in a bore (31) of the brake piston (4) ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5996744 | Shoe gap adjusting device for drum brake A shoe gap adjusting device includes a piston for pressing a brake shoe through a piston head, having a projecting end part with a boot cover for protecting an elastic boot that seals an end part of a cylinder body. A shoe gap adjusting ring is fitted on ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5921356 | Adjustable parking brake integrated with service brake An improved brake system includes a parking brake piston fixed to the backing plate of a brake friction material for a large vehicle. Service brake pistons are positioned about the parking brake piston. Both the service and parking brake may selectively a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918709 | Automatic brake adjustment An automatic brake adjustment for small transmissions, such as used with riding lawn mowers and the like. A brake disc rotated by the transmission is selectively engaged by friction producing pucks brought into engagement with the brake disc by a rotatabl... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5788022 | Disc brake In a disc brake having, a thrust piece which extends parallel to the plane of the brake rotor and which presses a brake pad against the rotor in the direction of the axis of the rotor, an adjusting mechanism is provided which includes a torque-dependent o... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5738189 | Adjustment mechanism for disc brake, with improved over-torque clutch An adjustment mechanism for advancing the backing plate and friction material of a disc brake includes an over-torque clutch that provides a positive connection between inner and outer over-torque clutch members. In a preferred embodiment, spherical balls... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5713261 | Slack adjustable force transmitting cylinder A pressure actuated force transmitting cylinder includes a housing member having first and second elongated portions. An end cap closes one end of the housing in a fluid tight manner. A connection is formed through such first portion for communicating flu... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5568845 | Pneumatically operated disk brake A pneumatically operated disk brake having a caliper actuated by an application through a traverse member which is displaceably guided with respect to the brake disk, at least one adjusting spindle is adjustably screwed to the traverse member and an adjus... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5529150 | Parking brake A heavy duty caliper brake assembly mounted in a position to engage a brake disc, the caliper including means for supporting the caliper on the housing, a brake pad mounted on the caliper on each side of the disc, a rotor mounted on one leg of the caliper... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5443141 | Pressure-controlled readjusting device for a vehicle brake A readjusting device wherein the readjusting process is pressure-controlled and is readjusted upon a decreasing brake pressure. The frictional cone is placed in the piston and the sealant is provided between the rotatable readjusting member and the interior w... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5423401 | Brake actuator having collet style slack adjuster A brake actuator includes a tubular housing member, connected at a first end to a cylindrical housing with a member for admitting fluid, a piston with a sealing member mounted for reciprocal movement within such cylindrical housing, a tubular stem connect... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5353896 | Disk brakes for motor vehicles The disk brake with a caliper (2) reaching over a brake disk (1) exhibits on one side a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes a cam lever (4), which can be rotated around an axis parallel to the plane of the brake disk and interacts preferab... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5350042 | Automatic adjusting apparatus for a disc brake An automatic adjusting apparatus for a disc brake with a brake caliper housing. The disc brake is furnished with a brake piston which is slidingly positioned within a cylinder for the actuation of a brake shoe and which is actuatable by means of a hydraul... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5343987 | Dual secondary shoe drum brake with means preventing depletion of hydraulic cylinder A hydraulic wheel brake cylinder (12) and the housing (22) of an intermediate support (20) are mounted diametrically opposite each other on an anchor plate (10) and on said intermediate support (20) two brake shoes (16, 18) bear with their ends remote fro... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5263556 | Brake actuating device with an adjustment device for a vehicle brake A brake actuating device is furnished with a device for slack readjustment of a brake, in particular of a vehicle brake. Defects in the area of the readjustment device can result in an erroneous and defective brake behavior. The invention device furnishes... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5249646 | Adjusting device for a brake with resetting means Resetting of the actuator piston of a disc brake by an adjusting device is enabled by sliding movement of the piston so that a piston position may be reset without any special arrangement for turning an adjusting spindle (5), or by turning the piston itse... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5246091 | Drum brake wheel cylinder with internal adjuster A wheel cylinder has a body, pistons, boots and seals. A screw assembly positioned between the two pistons holds the pistons apart to maintain the specified clearance between the brake linings and the brake drum while the brake is released. If a predeterm... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5226511 | Spring activated automatic drum brake adjuster The automatic adjuster (5) for the drum brake (6) comprises first and second oppositely disposed end members (30, 40) each having slots (32, 42) for receiving nonrotatably brake shoe webs (10, 14) and a parking lever (22). The first end member (30) includ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5219047 | Disc brake caliper assembly A disc brake caliper assembly for a rotary disc brake of a vehicle which has a wear adjustment mechanism is provided. The disc brake caliper assembly (10) includes a caliper housing (14) with a piston (28) slidably mounted therein, but prevented from rota... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5161648 | Disc brake with variable width caliper The disc brake (100) with variable width caliper comprises first and second bridge members (14, 15) which are connected with a pair of movable members (20, 30) extending over the periphery of the rotor (51). Each of the movable members (20, 30) is mounted... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5123505 | Automatic adjustment device for a mechanically actuated sliding saddle disk brake A continuous automatic adjustment device for a mechanically actuated sliding saddle disk brake (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) wherein the mechanically actuated device for moving the sliding saddle (1) vis-a-vis the brake disk (6) includes a diagonal-track spreading d... | 06/23/1992 |
