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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395903 | Electric brake device An actuator 23d for pushing a plurality of friction plates 44, 44 to a plurality of plates 37, 37 to be braked is composed of members including electroactive polymer, the shape of the elastomer of which is changed by electric energy. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7097008 | Friction assembly and method for manufacturing same A friction assembly has a brake pad and a noise damping shim. The noise damping shim is engaged with a backing plate of the brake pad using a coupler. The coupler has a first coupler member formed on the backing plate and a second coupler member formed on the shim. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6899205 | Brake assembly A drum brake assembly including a rotatable drum having a radially inner braking surface and a brake shoe of single piece construction and of generally circular form mounted within the drum against a backing plate. The brake shoe has a radially outer face and a fric... | 05/31/2005 |
| 5269396 | Brake assembly backing means There is disclosed a two-piece brake backing plate for the attachment of drum brake components thereto. The main plate includes an open channel extending from the axle opening, to the rim thereof, for receiving the axle of a vehicle. A separate cover plat... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4917223 | Brake for a wheel A brake arrangement is disclosed which includes a wheel support, a wheel borne by the wheel support, a brake drum, at least one brake guide saddle arranged in the brake drum so as to bear against the wheel support, a fluid drive piston arranged in a bore ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4826353 | Protection of marine installation from moving ice A drag unit to absorb the kinetic energy from large floating bodies of ice is constructed around a buoyancy chamber (14). The buoyancy chamber is attached to a torque arm (16) and this is secured at its remote end to an anchor line (6). The buoyancy chamb... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4573557 | Drum brake A drum brake assembly with a center guide backing plate, channeled web brake shoe assemblies slidably received on the center guide braking plate. A wheel cylinder assembly mounted in a notch on the center guide braking plate and engaged by a first set of ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4553649 | Axial retention of the shoe of a drum brake and a drum-brake shoe equipped with an axial-retention device A drum brake assembly includes a pair of brake shoes which are slidably mounted on a fixed support. An elastic retention member is mounted on each of the shoes before they are assembled onto the fixed support. Each of the retention members includes a lock... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4361214 | Drum brake having a vibration damping member A drum brake assembly (10) includes a torque member (12) which supports a hydraulic actuator (26). The hydraulic actuator is engageable with a pair of brake shoes (20, 22) and is operable to move the pair of brake shoes into a braking position. The torque... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4353442 | Brake shoe and brake assembly for automotive vehicles The present invention relates to a brake shoe and brake assembly for automotive vehicles, comprising a pair of brake shoes (14) having ends pivotably mounted on a brake spider (12), and a actuator cam (26) located between the opposite ends of the brake sh... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4350230 | Drum brakes for vehicles A drum brake is disclosed in which at least two, and preferably four, friction pad assemblies are symmetrically arranged with respect to the drum. The pad assemblies are slidably guided for movement towards and away from the drum in a substantially radial... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4184572 | Device for temporarily rigidly uniting a free circular element with a fixed circular element A device for temporarily holding fast a free circular element with respect to a fixed circular element having circular segments with tangential ramps and a rigid ring with rollers axially rotatable thereon for local thrust against the ramps to cause locki... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4182439 | Torque member for a drum brake A drum brake assembly includes a torque member which supports a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is engageable with a pair of brake shoes and is operable to move the pair of brake shoes into a braking position. The torque member comprises a cent... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4180149 | Drum brake and mounting means therefor A drum brake is provided with a pair of brake shoes having axially inner and outer webs for supporting friction linings. A backing plate mounts the pair of brake shoes by providing radially outwardly extending lugs which are disposed between the inner and... | 12/25/1979 |
| 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 |
