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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6863968 | Non-asbestos-based friction materials A non-asbestos-based friction material for brakes, clutches or the like for automobiles, large-size trucks, railway cars and various industrial machines. The friction material has excellent friction and rust preventive characteristics, and attacks the plane it faces... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6279690 | Electro-mechanical brake system for a vehicle An electromechanical brake for motor vehicles such as passenger vehicles, has a member that can be electromotively moved in two directions, longitudinally speaking, in order to press at least one brake lining against a friction element in an application s... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6140388 | Thermosetting binder prepared with mono(hydroxyalkyl)urea and oxazolidone crosslinking agents Abrasive articles comprising a cured thermosetting binder and abrasive grains. The binder is prepared with a poly-functional molecule comprising at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxyl and anhydride, and a crosslinkin... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 4840257 | Brake adjusters A brake adjuster wherein a thrust block is axially slidable in a cylinder bore and rotatably connected to one of two screw threaded adjuster members which are themselves interconnected by a self-sustaining thread. In use a power spring acts on the thrust ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4676346 | Brake slack adjusting apparatus A brake slack adjusting apparatus is disclosed which includes a threaded member at least partially extending coaxially within a tubular member. Threadedly engaging the threaded member is a first rotatable member for varying the relative position of the ro... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4585097 | Slack adjuster, especially for a rail vehicle brake system A slack adjuster for a rail vehicle brake system, comprising a brake force receiving adjuster tube (1, 1A), a spindle (4; 4A) axially movable therein, and two nuts, an adjuster nut (5; 5A) and a leader nut (6; 6A), which are in non-self-locking thread eng... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4534453 | Brake lever assembly for railway car A brake cylinder lever on a railway car is supported in a substantially vertical orientation by a roller mounted on an inclined ramp to bias the brake system toward a "brake off" or nondrag condition.... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4493401 | Automatic brake resetting device An automatic brake resetting device for railway vehicle brakes has two telescopingly displaceable rod members which transmit a braking force. A rotatable coupling element having a threaded shaft with a non-self-locking thread is connected to one of the ro... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4479567 | Vertical railway car air brake system For application to railway cars having limited available transverse space for the brake system, a system of vertically extending brake levers and longitudinally extending brake rods is used to apply the air brake force to wheels located at opposite ends o... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4420066 | Cam lock slack adjuster A brake cylinder comprises a brake actuator device having a fluid operable piston and a coaxial adjoining hand brake operable device for axial actuation of a coaxial tubular push rod, there being a slack adjuster for selectively adjusting the retraction o... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4385548 | Brake unit having a slack adjuster A brake unit for automatically adjusting slack between the brake surfaces of a railway brake has a pre-stressed spring which is released during the initial stroke of the brake piston in a braking application so as to expedite contact of the brake surfaces... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4197223 | Asbestos free friction materials The invention concerns a composition for a friction material, e.g. for a clutch facing, of the type containing a fibrous reinforcement, a binder and various additives. The composition contains a thermoset binder, the binder making up 15 to 40% by volume o... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4088205 | Brake cylinder with built-in slack adjuster, including means for manually resetting piston travel A brake cylinder device for railway vehicles including a built-in automatic slack adjuster and a manually axially positionable piston for resetting the piston and piston rod relative to the slack adjuster when necessary, such as when replacing worn brake ... | 05/09/1978 |
