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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314122 | Bicycle brake assembly having multiple replaceable brake pads A bicycle brake shoe assembly including multiple brake pads of different braking compounds replaceably inserted sequentially into a truncated pad holder. The pads have an overlap at one end and an under-lap at the other end such that upon assembly within the holder ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 6902044 | Disc pad assembly without backing plate A disc brake assembly includes a brake pad support member including a wall forming an aperture. A pad is at least partially disposed in the aperture. The pad is constructed from a friction material defining a front friction face and a back face opposite the front fa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 5743361 | Light weight brake shoe apparatus with removable friction pad A light-weight brake shoe for a rotary disc brake having a removable and replaceable friction pad. The brake shoe provides a thin-walled backing plate having a side wall for cooperatively engaging the friction pad. The side wall of the backing plate has a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5613579 | Latch locking spring clip for retaining an insertable brake shoe lining on a disc brake head A latch retaining spring with clip for securely locking a brake shoe on a brake head carrier of a disc brake assembly for railway vehicles. The wire clip includes a coiled loop portion having a first straight leg section extending from one end thereof. A ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 4823919 | Slip construction for supporting tubular members A support construction including a supporting bowl to receive a plurality of circumferentially disposed slips to engage and support a tubular member. The slips include at least one pair of slip inserts that are carried in axial grooves provided on the inn... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4807726 | Pad retaining plate assemblies for use in brake shoe assemblies The present invention provides a pad retaining plate assembly which can be operated to allow for pad replacement without any part having to be removed and without the inconvenience of having to deal with nuts, bolts, etc. The pad retaining plate assembly ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4770277 | Apparatus for attaching a brake shoe to a disk brake An improvement in mounting brake shoes on disk brakes for railroad cars in which securing member is mounted beneath the open ended groove in the brake assembly to which the shoe is mounted. The securing member moves a predetermined longitudinal distance a... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4682905 | Brake pad retaining plate assemblies for use in brake shoe assemblies The present invention provides a brake pad retaining plate assembly which is a sub-assembly which can be simply bolted to the plate of a brake shoe assembly. This sub-assembly basically comprises a retaining plate which has a pair of bolts screwed into pa... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4429770 | Friction lining carrier member having replaceable friction linings The circular friction lining carrier member having replaceable friction linings comprising radially inner and outer circumferential grooves in the carrier member to guide and hold the linings and a supporting element disposed between adjacent ones of the ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4371061 | Brake shoes for railway disc brakes A brake shoe (1) for a railway brake has a dovetail slot (4) in its front face for receiving a projection (3) of complementary shape on a brake pad (2) for mounting the pad on the shoe, and a retainer (6) slidably mounted in an aperture in the shoe and ha... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4271936 | Closure for retaining an insertable brake lining in a brake lining holder for disk brakes A brake lining support member for disk brakes for railway vehicles and the like has an insertable brake lining retained in position by a locking bar at least one end of which is secured by a U-shaped spring clip having parallel legs one of which is mounte... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4231451 | Brake holder with protuberances for holding a shoe body in place An improved brake block shoe holder has a bottom, a pair of side walls, a front wall, but no rear wall, and on at least one of the opposite side walls a plurality of protuberances directed toward the front wall. The protuberances cut into a brake block pr... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4090591 | Brake shoe for disc brakes A brake shoe has a groove in a support member to receive a dove-tail guide on a brake lining to hold the brake lining on the support member. One longitudinal side of the groove is inclined to define a wedge and the other longitudinal side is straight. Spr... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4004659 | Closure for brake jaw holder for disc brakes A closure for a brake jaw holder for disc brakes, especially for use in connection with rail vehicles, in which a closure latch extends in a direction transverse to the guiding direction of the brake lining and in which the lining in a closing manner exte... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3957139 | Guide for mounting a brake lining onto a brake lining support of a disk brake for vehicles In order to prevent the assembly of an unspecified brake lining onto a brake lining support for a brake shoe a face of the brake lining support is provided with guide means of a particular section and the mounting face of the brake lining is provided with... | 05/18/1976 |
