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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360631 | Apparatus for operating parking brake An apparatus for operating a parking brake that can reduce an operation stroke. A connecting member has shoe insert grooves with brake shoes inserted into both sides thereof. A first operation lever has one end rotatably combined with one side face of the connecting... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6374962 | Drum brake with dual-actuation A drum brake assembly (10) having first (12) and second (14) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (16). Each of the first (12) and second (14) brake shoes have an end (22,24) aligned on a hydraulic actuator assembly (26) and an end (28,30) aligned on a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364076 | Wear insert for brake shoe trunnion slot A wear insert is provided for receiving trunnions on the ends of pieces used in affixing brake shoes to a brake shoe assembly. A vehicle brake shoe assembly has brake shoes which may be urged outwardly against a brake drum when a S-cam is rotated. The bra... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360852 | Drum-in-hat park brake assembly A drum-in-hat park brake assembly having a first brake shoe retained on a backing plate by a first pin and a second brake shoe retained by a second pin. The first and second pins permit the first and second brake shoes to be moved in a radial plane and to... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6206148 | Drum brake with duo-actuation A drum brake assembly (10) having first (12) and second (14) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (16). The first (12) and second (14) brake shoes have a first end (22,24) aligned on a hydraulic actuator assembly (26) and a second end (28,30) aligned o... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6098766 | Retraction spring for drum brake shoes A wire return spring for providing bias for brake shoes in a drum brake system urging the brake shoes to deactuated positions, with the wire spring having a circular like contour as assembled with the brake shoes.... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5979613 | Anchor arrangement for retaining a sensor in a drum brake A drum brake for use in a brake system (10) having first (14) and second (16) shoes retained on a backing plate (20). The first brake shoe (14) has a first end (22) connected to an actuator (12) and a second end (26) connected to an anchor arrangement (24... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5219052 | Wheel cylinder boot with annular rings The present invention provides a vehicle wheel cylinder for a drum type brake. The sealing boot which seals the wheel cylinder frame and piston is provided in a preferred embodiment with annular rings which help protect the integrity of the sealed relatio... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5125484 | Drum brake An improved drum brake includes a brake drum rotating along with a wheel, a backing plate provided to a stationary portion of a vehicle, a pair of brake shoes that are movably supported on the backing plate and a wheel cylinder attached to the backing pla... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4768631 | Low sensitivity drum brake A drum brake comprises two brake shoes (4,5) which are operable hydraulically and/or mechanically. A first brake shoe (4) is supported trailingly in forward travelling direction and leadingly in backward travelling direction. In the forward travelling dir... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4730707 | Automobile drum brake For automobile drum brakes of the simplex and duo-duplex forms of construction, each having two brake shoes (10) floatingly mounted on a brake bracket (1), a special support is proposed for the one end of the brake shoe web (10) of each brake shoe (8), th... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4679667 | Anchor pin retainer A brake shoe assembly incorporates unitary retainers for anchor pins about which a pair of brake shoes may pivot. In a preferred form, the anchor pin retainers are spring steel structures formed of drawn heat treated wire, each retainer defining a pair of... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4369863 | Internal shoe drum brakes for vehicles An internal shoe-drum brake is disclosed in which a pair of arcuate shoes can be applied to a rotatable drum by an hydraulic actuation system for normal service braking when the brake acts as a brake of the "two-leading" shoe type and a mechanical actuati... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4250981 | Load responsive drum brake assembly A vehicle drum brake has a shoe mounted on a back plate, one end of the shoe engaging an actuator and the other end engaging an abutment. To avoid the use of a fluid pressure control valve to vary the braking effort of the brake in dependence upon vehicle... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4223765 | Drum brake having pawl and lever A drum brake includes a backing plate with an anchor for pivotally engaging one end of a pair of brake shoes. A hydraulic actuator is engageable with the other end of the pair of brake shoes and is operable to move the pair of brake shoes from a rest posi... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4079819 | Internal shoe drum brake adjuster with mechanically operated brake An improved adjuster for a shoe drum brake comprising a strut of adjustable length extending between one of the brake shoes and an arm of an operating lever that is actuated by a hand brake. The strut has a threaded part or spindle and a ratchet threadedl... | 03/21/1978 |
