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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150343 | Shoe brake assembly, in particular for rail vehicles A shoe brake assembly for a rail vehicle including a bogie connected with the rail vehicle. The assembly also includes a wheel having a wheel web and radially inward-facing surfaces on opposite sides of the wheel web. Also included are at least two brake pads adjace... | 12/19/2006 |
| 5730256 | Mechanical anti-lock braking system A mechanical anti-lock braking apparatus for intermittently releasing pressure applied by a brake shoe to a wheel being braked includes a control member, a power input for causing the control member to rotate with the wheel around a rotational axis, and a... | 03/24/1998 |
| 4805741 | Elevator brake A torque-responsive brake, in particular for elevators, comprises two or more brakes arcs, brake shoes pivotally connected to the brake arcs and having attached brake linings and a brake actuating mechanism for pressing the brake linings against a drum. W... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4664233 | Antilock brake device for vehicles An antilock brake device for vehicles having a sensor which senses a possibility of locking of a wheel, during braking of the wheel, by an overruning of a flywheel which generates a release signal. A hydraulic pump having a cam shaft rotated in associatio... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4416353 | Method and device for achieving an anti-locking effect while stopping the wheels of a vehicle Method of and device for achieving an anti-locking effect while stopping the wheels of a vehicle. A tangential elasticity is created on the wheel being braked, while from the moment of locking the brake the wheel begins to perform cyclic pendulum-like rot... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4193479 | Braking arrangement and brake, particularly for two-wheeled vehicles The arrangement for coordinated braking of the two wheels disposed in tandem on a vehicle includes in combination a first brake with friction linings situated at a fixed distance from the axis of rotation of the corresponding wheel, a second disk brake th... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4117909 | Wheel torque feedback controlled front brake A torque controlled brake of the disc type has a caliper which is free to rotate about the axis of the wheel shaft. The caliper contains a rotatably mounted lever having disc pads which press upon the disc to provide the frictional braking force. The pads... | 10/03/1978 |
