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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006812 | Disc brake caliper A disc brake caliper for a rail vehicle comprises brake pad holders suspended—at either side of a brake disc to be braked—for movements only in a plane perpendicular to a substantially horizontal center-line of the caliper. Members of the caliper for transmittin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7341128 | Disk brake arranged TMX A brake rigging for a railway vehicle having a singular truck-mounted brake apparatus for generating a braking force and a plurality of disk caliper assemblies for applying the braking force to each wheel. Wedge-like elements are rigidly attached to the braking beam... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328778 | Wheel brake caliper A crane wheel brake having a pair of brake shoes at opposite sides of a crane wheel. Each of the brake shoes has a brake pad, a brake pad guide roller and a spring for biasing the brake pad guide roller to project beyond the brake pad towards the wheel. The brake pa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7237658 | Frictional brake mechanism A frictional brake mechanism for detaining a first body relative to a second body having a surface, comprising a brake pad coupled to the first body and disposed adjacent to the surface and movable to and from a braking condition, wherein the brake pad frictionally ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7040462 | Ball ramp caliper brake A brake (10) for a wheel of a vehicle is slidably mounted to a vehicle frame by mounting sleeves (22). The brake (10) includes a stationary actuator (20) which has a plurality of depressions (38) adapted to receive a plurality of b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6976563 | Brake caliper with integral parking brake A brake caliper with an integral parking brake. The brake caliper includes a housing having a bore with tapered walls, a piston having a rod mounted within the bore, a wedge element positioned between the rod and the tapered walls and displaceable to a locking posit... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6938748 | Wedge fork clutch actuator for driveline clutches A torque transfer mechanism is provided for controlling the magnitude of a clutch engagement force exerted on a multi-plate clutch assembly that is operably disposed between a first rotary and a second rotary member. The torque transfer mechanism includes a clutch a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920964 | Automated hydraulic brake A brake actuating assembly includes a cam member that has first and second cam surfaces. A first piston in a first hydraulic circuit is selectively enabled to axially translate the cam member from a released position to an actuation position while an actuation pisto... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6557672 | Friction ring for a brake disc The invention is a brake disk. The brake disk has at least one friction ring which can be engaged by a brake shoe on at least one side. The friction ring is divided into at least two ring segments having mutually facing end areas configured to be coupled ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6116382 | Braking device for a railway vehicle The invention relates a braking device for a railroad vehicle including traction structure (1, 2) arranged to apply a braking pad on a braking surface affixed to a wheel of the vehicle. It includes a reaction member (11, 20), at least one lever (6; 6', 6"... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5813499 | Brake caliper unit for vehicle and especially rail vehicle disc brakes The brake caliper unit has two caliper levers whose one ends are linked to brake pads and whose other ends are linked to a slack adjusting device extending between them. The central regions of the caliper levers are coupled to a housing, in which case the... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5715915 | Brake for rail cars A brake for rail cars comprises a floating caliper disc brake attached to a cylindrical housing element of a drive housing. The drive housing may be the motor housing, the transmission housing or a common housing for the drive motor and the transmission. ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5547047 | Brake caliper shock and vibration isolation system A system includes rigid non-metal washers separating a caliper lever from the bridge, a rigid non-metal bridge bushing separating a shaft of a bridge pin from the bridge and a rigid non-metal lever bushing separating the bridge pin from the lever. The bri... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5474155 | Brake installation for railborne vehicles The invention relates to a brake installation for railborne vehicles comprising at least one wheel axle driven by a coupled motor-transmission unit in which the unit is connected by directly meshing gears for driving the wheel axle in a manner avoiding an... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5462139 | Cast bolt-on mounting bracket for supporting a disc brake on a railcar truck An improved mounting bracket for supporting a disc brake actuator assembly on a railcar truck, the mounting bracket being a cast metal bracket designed to bolt onto a portion of the truck frame, the bracket being generally H-shaped in cross section along ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5253736 | Railway brake actuator A railway brake actuator which provides both service and parking braking comprises a cylinder having an operating cavity. A piston assembly in the operating cavity has a stepped bore forming second and third cavities and is extended by hydraulic pressure ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5215168 | Braking system for a railway vehicle A braking system for a railway vehicle having bogies which have fixed axles and independent wheels, the braking being of the disk-brake type. Each brake includes multiple disks comprising rotary disks (7) secured to the wheel (2) to be braked and fixed di... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5176227 | Railway service and parking brake actuator A brake actuator for a railway brake which provides both service and parking braking comprises a cylinder having an operating cavity. A piston assembly extends into the operating cavity and has a stepped bore including second and smaller third cavities. A... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5101939 | Disk brake for elevator A caliper brake set engages a disk on the machine shaft or drive sheave to hold the elevator car in place at a landing. The brake set is biased by one or a pair of springs to a "brake-on" condition, and a solenoid assembly is provided to hold the brake se... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5058712 | Pre-loading pivotal pin connection for a disc brake assembly A preloading pivotal pin connection arrangement for interconnecting a swivel bracket to a forked support bracket of a fluid pressure operated caliper disc brake unit. The pivotal pin includes a shoulder portion which fits snugly into a hole formed in one ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5038896 | Brake cylinder for rail vehicles In a brake cylinder (1) for vehicle brake systems a service and a parking brake are provided within a common housing (25). The parking brake (41) acts on a brake actuating member (37) of the brake cylinder (1) against spring force via a parking brake pist... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5036956 | Cam actuated brake assembly An apparatus is set forth for utilization with tractor-trailer organizations wherein a rotor is mounted fixedly and rotatably with a rear axle extending longitudinally and exteriorly of a rear axle housing, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of callip... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4697526 | Articulation system for articulated depressed-floor tramway carriages The articulation system relates to articulated tramway carriages comprising at least two bodies, the opposing ends of which are connected together in an articulated manner in order to maintain substantial continuity of the walking surface, and are support... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4679665 | Brake disc design for wheel mounted discs A brake disc for mounting to a railroad wheel or the like comprises a plurality of segments. Each segment is of part annular configuration and has two mounting tangs at a radially inner edge. Bolts pass through the mounting tangs to affix the segment to t... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4638892 | Link joint between a brake cylinder and a brake linkage The link joint between a brake cylinder (1) and a brake linkage has a bearing lug (4) attached to a brake cylinder part (2,3). For a pivoting connection between the two, an annular turning surface bearing (14,18) is provided for. The bearing lug (4) is pi... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4592451 | Brake linkage for vehicle friction brakes Brake linkage for vehicle friction brakes is actuated by a brake power motor (6) and comprises a vent play regulator (10) having an adjustment element driven by an auxiliary motor (14). At the start of braking, the auxiliary motor (14) is actuated in adva... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4580663 | Brake jaw bearing arrangement for automotive disc brakes The invention relates to a brake jaw arrangement for a disc brake. The brake jaw essentially consists of two brake levers which carry on one end thereof a brake lining holder and on their other end are connected to cooperate with an operating mechanism. T... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4573553 | Disc brake Disc brake for rail vehicles having a brake clamp (7) located in one plane and having two brake levers (4) having their central portions connected by a pull rod (5). The latter is formed with a rotatable threaded spindle (9) as a stay, which spindle is ro... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4527666 | Rail vehicle disc brake arrangement A rail vehicle disc brake arrangement is provided with a brake cylinder (8-10), a slack adjuster (14), and pad holders (3, 4) with brake pads (5, 6) on either side of a disc (7) to be braked. In order to attain a compact and cheap but forceful and reliabl... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4526107 | Railway truck for self-propelled railway vehicles A bogie for a self-propelled railway car comprises a brake for at least two wheel sets, the axle of one of which can be driven by an electric motor through a gear train. According to the invention, not only is the support frame mounted upon a pin dependin... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4497392 | Rail vehicle disc brake caliper A rail vehicle disc brake caliper has a base frame (1) with a pivotally attached brake lever (3). Brake pads are provided on these parts in the vicinity of a disc to be braked. A brake cylinder (16) for acting on the brake lever is attached to the base fr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4480722 | Suspension arrangement of movable parts, especially of disk brakes of rail vehicles Suspension arrangement for actuation and abrasion dependent movable parts, especially brake pad holders (1) and non-rigid brake saddles, particularly of rail vehicle disk brakes having an abrasion compensation device, comprises a suspension bracket (7) wh... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4473136 | Rail vehicle disc brake arrangement A rail vehicle disc brake arrangement includes a yoke (1) with a brake cylinder (11) and a slack adjuster (16). In order to obtain advantages as regards design, function and space requirements the yoke (1) comprises two telescoping yoke parts: a fixed par... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4454932 | Suspension means for a rail vehicle disc brake unit Suspension for a rail vehicle disc brake unit (1) comprises a suspension console (11) to be attached to a vehicle bogie or underframe, a cradle (13) movably attached to the console, and suspension links (17, 18) pivotally connecting the brake pad holders ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4428301 | Radial axle railway truck A radial axle railway truck has a pair of depressed center side frames supported at their ends from the axles by horizontal elastomeric pad devices carried on the sides of outboard journal bearing adapters to permit steering movements of the axles, the ho... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4393962 | Self-centering device for caliper brake assembly A self-centering apparatus for caliper brake assembly to control relative positions of brake shoes so that they are equally spaced from the brake disc, irrespective of attitude of brake. The caliper brake assembly has a pair of caliper arms hinged to the ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4301895 | Disc brakes for railway vehicles A disc brake comprises a rigid caliper which straddles the peripheral edge of a rotatable disc, and friction pads for engagement with the disc are located in the caliper. One pad is applied directly to the disc by an actuator which is provided in adjacent... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4237791 | Radial axle railway truck disc brakes A railway truck has a pair of radial axles with journal bearings at their ends and an adaptor mounted on each journal bearing and arranged to support the truck framing for steering movements of the respective axles with respect thereto, rigid links connec... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4238006 | Radial axle truck disc brakes A radial axle railway truck is provided with a disc brake system compatible with the radial axles comprising a single disc at the center of each axle adapted to be frictionally engaged by opposing shoes of a disc brake mechanism, the disc brake mechanism ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4155431 | Spring-set caliper brake A spring-set power-released caliper brake, adapted to grip the sides of a clamped member and, specifically, to provide a substantially uniform clamping force irrespective of actuator spring extension. The caliper brake includes a base mounted in fixed rel... | 05/22/1979 |
