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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216940 | Adaptation of TMX for axle motion III truck application An apparatus engageable with a railway vehicle truck-mounted braking system for compensating for truck bolster movement which includes at least one force transmitting wedge member movable in a reciprocating motion by a pneumatic actuator. The at least one force tran... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7137314 | Hydraulic gear shift mechanism A hydraulic gear shift mechanism for a bicycle having a positioning mechanism for controlling the motion of the piston of a master cylinder assembly is disclosed, wherein the master cylinder assembly is in communication with a slave cylinder for operation of a derai... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6347841 | Apparatus for regulating pressure in the hydraulic brake system An apparatus connectable to a brake master cylinder for regulating pressure in a hydraulic brake system. The apparatus includes an outer casing housing a cylinder portion and a piston slidable therewithin. A pressure chamber forms between the cylinder wal... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6119821 | Hydraulic compensation device for compensating a positional deviation of a brake pad A hydraulic compensation device includes a container, a piston, a push member and an indicating rod. The piston is mounted slidably inside the container adjacent to a first end portion to confine a brake oil with the first end portion of the container. Th... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5649746 | Self-purging vehicle braking system and method of purging gas from same A self-purging vehicle braking system and method of purging gas from same are provided by the present invention. The braking system preferably includes a disk brake and a master cylinder in fluid communication with the disk brake. The master cylinder pref... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5630656 | Anti-locking brake system, rear brake delay valve, and method for same A vehicle braking system is provided for delaying the flow of brake fluid to the rear brakes to reduce the risk of locking the rear brakes. The braking system preferably has a master cylinder, a pair of disk brakes respectively positioned on a pair of rea... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5485902 | Aircraft brake piston hydraulic adjuster assembly The present invention provides a hydraulic brake piston adjuster assembly (10) that includes a first or outer piston (30) housing and a second inner piston (40). The first piston (30) has a first piston end (31) received within a housing bore (16) and the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 4802559 | Hydropneumatic brake actuator arranged to maintain a constant brake shoe clearance A hydraulic power unit for a hydropneumatic brake actuator having a power piston comprising a force piston formed with a bore therein and a take-up piston operative in the force piston bore for movement relative thereto during a brake application. This re... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4724741 | Hydraulic spring-loader cylinder with wear adjustment Spring-loaded cylinder with a tension piston (7) which can be pressurized by a pressure medium. Between the tension piston (7) and a piston rod (3) movable thereby, a cylinder-piston arrangement (19, 20, 21) is installed, whose cylinder chamber (21) can b... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4619348 | Combined hydropneumatic brake cylinder/air reservoir device with automatic double-acting slack adjuster arrangement A combined hydropneumatic brake cylinder/air reservoir device having a hydraulic piston formed on the end of a push rod through which interconnected, different sized, pneumatic pistons operate to transmit the desired brake force. The hydraulic piston oper... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4595083 | Brake actuator device having a hydraulic slack-adjusting arrangement A disk brake actuator having a hydraulic slack-adjusting arrangement for maintaining a positive clearance between a brake shoe and a brake disk, includes a cylinder housing having disposed therein a brake-applying spring section, a hydraulic-operated rele... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4570531 | Extensible piston with breakable or displaceable coupler A fluid pressure actuated piston (78) is slidably carried in a fluid pressure actuated cylinder (50) which, in turn, is slidably carried in a fixed carrier or casing (21). Movement of the cylinder (50) is resisted by a breakable or displaceable coupler (9... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4291789 | Hydraulic slack adjusting apparatus In a hydraulic brake system the fluid slack is maintained at a predetermined volume by a flow control valve that is positioned between a fluid reservoir and a slack adjusting cylinder. The flow control valve closes the fluid path to the reservoir after a ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4267903 | Disk brake apparatus for motor vehicle A hydraulically operated disk brake apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises a brake disk, a caliper-like brake housing disposed to straddle over the brake disk and having a pair of arms, and a pair of brake pad assemblies disposed in the brake housing in ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4249458 | Piston and extensible cylinder therefor A fluid pressure actuated piston of an aircraft multiple disc brake assembly is adapted to have an extended stroke by telescoping with a pressure actuated cylinder. The piston is slidably carried in a fluid pressure actuated cylinder which, in turn, is sl... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4195714 | Piston and extensible cylinder therefor A fluid pressure actuated piston of an aircraft multiple disc brake assembly is adapted to have an extended stroke by telescoping with a pressure actuated cylinder. The piston is slidably carried in a fluid pressure actuated cylinder which, in turn, is sl... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4125234 | Emergency circulating system for an aircraft hydraulic brake system A circulating system for hydraulic brakes having a master cylinder, reservoir for supplying fluid to the master cylinder, a wheel cylinder, and a fluid line connecting the master cylinder with the wheel cylinder. The circulating system includes a pump con... | 11/14/1978 |
| 3995721 | Piston and extensible cylinder therefor An extensible cylinder slidably containing a fluid pressure actuated piston is provided with differential first and second area portions exposed to a piston actuating pressurized fluid and an opposing pressurized fluid which opposing fluid is pressurized ... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3935930 | Fluid pressure braking system for a bicycle A fluid pressure brake system for a bicycle or a motorcycle having a master cylinder which is provided with an excess portion extending from the end of the cylinder to have a given length more than a maximum pressure stroke of the piston of the master cyl... | 02/03/1976 |
