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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 |
| 7178643 | Drum brake apparatus A cam mechanism 7 provided as a shoe drive mechanism includes a cam supporting plate 21 being loosely and rotatably fitted on an anchor pin 10 for receiving a shoe operating force, a first cam plate 23 rotatably connected to the cam suppo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175009 | Cam actuated drum brake A cam for a brake is provided that allows for greater brake shoe travel and thicker brake linings while providing the same or greater mechanical force as compared to conventional cams. One or more lobes of the cam include multiple portions having varying profiles in... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7044275 | Drum brake device In a drum brake device having a shoe drive cam, the braking force of which is mechanically controlled according to a reaction force acting on an anchor pin by a brake shoe, the cam plate 76 pivotally supported by the anchor pin 10 and the lever plate | 05/16/2006 |
| 6942074 | Drum brake system for vehicle A drum brake system adapted to transmit force to left and right levers for evenly contacting the left and right shoes to the drum when the driver depresses the brake pedal. The force is transmitted from a wheel cylinder, thereby resulting in an effective braking act... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6237732 | Bushing boot for a cam braking system A bushing boot for a cam braking system is disclosed that snaps in place over a bushing assembly. The bushing assembly supports a camshaft in the cam braking system. The bushing boot is preferably generally cylindrical having a first end, a second end and... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5590747 | Force transmission device slideably mounted to drum brake shoe A drum brake comprising a support plate with first and second shoes mounted thereon. Each shoe includes a web and a rim with a friction material being secured to the rim. A hydraulic actuation device acts on a first end of each web of the first and second... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5524735 | Brake actuator assembly including twin cam members A brake actuator assembly is disclosed for expanding internal shoe brakes in which a pair of brake shoes (17) are disposed within a brake drum (11). A pair of cam members (33,35) are fixed to a pair of cam shafts (41,43) and are operable to engage the bra... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524732 | Dead man's brake for hand truck A normally engaged (dead man's) brake for a manually operable pallet truck. A spring-biased, levered cam is housed within a wheel subassembly frame. Two wheels that are axle-mounted to the frame contain integral brake drums and are mounted so as to circum... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5443135 | Brake shoe roller insert A replaceable roller insert is provided for supporting a cam roller follower within roller supports acting against a cam element moving at least one brake shoe inward and outward relative to a brake drum where the roller insert is easily replaced by remov... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5255763 | Brake cam roller follower bracket A roller follower (12) and bracket (20) combination for use in a rotary cam type brake shoe assembly (100) is provided in which bracket (20) is supported on a web (2) of a brake shoe in such a manner that, when a free-end (27) of bracket (20) is inserted ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 4860859 | Brake device A brake device comprising an ultrasonic motor having a rotor rotatable by an elastic traveling wave generated by a piezoelectric vibrator on a stator of the motor, and torque converting means for converting a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic mo... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4624348 | Roller retainer for brake assembly A roller retainer for a cam actuated vehicle brake assembly comprising a member preferably formed from spring wire to provide two substantially parallel legs with a tang at the end of each leg and a manual grip intermediate the legs. The tangs are seated ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4503953 | Roller retainer for brake assembly A roller retainer for retaining a cam following roller in a pair of laterally aligned open-ended recesses provided at adjacent ends of a pair of axially spaced brake shoe webs comprising a length of spring wire formed to provide a pair of spaced substanti... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4336867 | Drum brake having duo mode A drum brake assembly includes a pair of brake shoes which are carried by a backing plate and engageable with a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is operable to move the pair of brake shoes from a rest position to a braking position. A strut exte... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4236614 | Drum brake having parking mechaism A drum brake assembly includes a pair of brake shoes which are movable to a braking position by a hydraulic actuator. In order to maintain the pair of brake shoes adjacent the drum an adjuster is disposed between the pair of brake shoes opposite the hydra... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4150736 | Wheel brake assembly A wheel brake assembly in which the webs of brake shoes are held in a planar alignment between and supported by a pair of parallel-spaced interconnected supporting plates, in turn supported by an axle or spindle. A pair of brake contracting springs interc... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4022305 | Parking actuator for a duo-servo drum brake In an internal shoe-drum brake of the duo-servo type for vehicles adjacent shoe ends are separated by an angularly movable cam. The cam is moved angularly by a separate cam lever to which it is coupled, and the cam is permitted a circumferential movement ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4004663 | Electrically controlled brake assembly with non-cocking operating arm An electrically controlled brake assembly for a vehicle wheel of the type in which an operating arm is mounted between its ends to turn about a pivot on a backing plate and carries at least one electromagnet on one of its ends. Two downwardly projecting t... | 01/25/1977 |
