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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104370 | Drum brake assembly A drum brake assembly which includes a rotatable drum having a radially inner drum braking surface and a brake shoe of single piece construction and of generally circular form mounted within the drum and against a backing plate. The brake shoe includes friction lini... | 09/12/2006 |
| 5544837 | Braking assembly for a reel-holder flange in textile machines Braking assembly for a reel-holder flange in textile apparatus, comprising a fixed flange connected to the arm for supporting the reel, at least a first and a second braking shoe supported by the fixed flange, each having an external arched lateral face w... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5484042 | Fluid pressure and mechanical drum brake actuator The invention is drum brake assembly having a dual brake actuator. A piston-cylinder assembly forms the primary brake actuator, and a lever member, together with the piston-cylinder assembly, forms a composite structure which acts as a secondary brake act... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5127495 | Parking brake and method therefor A parking brake system comprising a drum brake (200) comprising two shoes (206) outwardly movable relative to a friction surface of a drum (224); an activation device (220, 222) for generating an activation force to move the shoes outwardly to a first pos... | 07/07/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4533022 | Hydraulically operable brake, in particular, a servo brake The invention relates to a hydraulically operable brake, in particular, a servo brake, with a brake carrier arranged secure against turning on the vehicle, a wheel cylinder fastened to the circumferential zone of the brake carrier, which wheel cylinder is... | 08/06/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4345673 | Wheel brake arrangement Backing plates are normally bolted to wheel gear housings and brake shoes are normally biased against such backing plates. Hydraulic or pneumatic lines normally proceed externally of the housing and over the backing plate to connect with a wheel cylinder ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4303148 | Single piston-cylinder duo-servo drum brake In a drum brake, a wheel cylinder is located between a pair of adjacent shoe ends for a pair of brake shoes and a piston inserted into the wheel cylinder is slidably engaged through an anchor provided on a backing plate and further the piston is provided ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4266640 | Wheel cylinder A wheel cylinder in a brake assembly includes a housing for movably carrying a pair of pistons. An intermediate wall of the housing separates the pair of pistons from each other and cooperates with each piston to substantially form a first chamber facing ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4245725 | Drum brake with hydraulic tube, vibration dampening support structure A drum brake comprising a backplate. A pair of wheel cylinders and a pair of brake shoes are arranged on the front face of the backplate. The wheel cylinders are interconnected to each other via the brake oil tube. The brake oil tube extends from one of t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4013150 | Mechanically and hydraulically operated brake actuator In an actuator assembly for a vehicle brake a follower member normally operated by a wedge to apply a brake comprises a pair of hydraulic pistons working in a common bore in a housing, and the housing is provided with a supply port communicating with a pr... | 03/22/1977 |
