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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395904 | Disc brake An actuator arrangement for a disc brake for moving first and second friction members into engagement with a rotor and effect a brake application. The actuator arrangement includes first and second levers that are pivotally connected to an anchor located in a plane ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7255206 | Shopping cart brake Shopping cart brakes slow or render a shopping cart immobile. A brake lever has one end pivotably connected to a clamp that is attached to one end of a vertical member of a shopping cart adjacent to its handle. Two brake cables are enclosed by brake cable housings a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7182180 | Bike brake clamp A bike brake clamp to provide safe and effective braking including a first brake arm, a second brake arm, a joint plate, and a pilot plate adapted with spring, central screw, cable screw, and pivot screw; both brake arms providing synchronous clamping via the pilot ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7080718 | Parked camper stabilizer A parked camper stabilizer comprises a tensioning mechanism, a fixed wheel engagement member fixed to the tensioning mechanism, and an adjustable wheel engagement member adjustably attached to the tensioning mechanism. The fixed wheel engagement member includes two ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055658 | Gain stabilizing self-energized brake mechanism A self-energized disk brake assembly includes gain stabilization features for controlling the multiplication of applied force against a rotatable brake member. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad supported about a first pivot and a second brake pad support... | 06/06/2006 |
| 5950773 | Braking apparatus for a linear motion guiding apparatus The present invention relates to a braking apparatus for a linear motion guiding apparatus that is able to completely stop a moving portion in the form of table 2 at a desired position by performing braking action by causing a linear motion actuator in th... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5101939 | Disk brake for elevator A caliper brake set engages a disk on the machine shaft or drive sheave to hold the elevator car in place at a landing. The brake set is biased by one or a pair of springs to a "brake-on" condition, and a solenoid assembly is provided to hold the brake se... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4511171 | Wheelchair restraint An apparatus for restraining a wheelchair in a transit vehicle utilizes a fixed bumper that is adapted to engage the rear portion of a wheelchair wheel in which a movable restraining bumber is adapted to hold the wheelchair wheel in compression between th... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4027747 | Wheelchair holding device for vehicles A fixture attached to the floor of a vehicle for restraining and securely holding a wheelchair and its occupant while the vehicle is in motion. The fixture comprises a framework to which is secured upper and lower clamping jaws which act to grip the propu... | 06/07/1977 |
