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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083036 | Method for manufacturing callipers for disc brakes with forced cap A method for manufacturing callipers for disc brakes. The calliper includes a body in which cylindrical chambers are formed inside which pistons run bearing pads intended for acting on the disc of the brake during the braking step. The method includes the steps of p... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083035 | Cylinder apparatus and disk brake A method of manufacturing a cylinder apparatus wherein although an opening of a cylinder body is closed by a covering member, processing and parts costs are reduced, fluid leakage is prevented, and the apparatus can be reduced in size. The cylinder apparatus include... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8037975 | Piston seal member and disc brake using the piston seal member The piston seal member is formed of a crosslinked rubber composition, the rubber composition including 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene rubber, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a first carbon black, 50 to 100 parts by weight of a second carbon black, and 5 to... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7984795 | Keyed contour braking system for a commercial vehicle Various embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle, especially a commercial vehicle, with a braking system for a wheel of the vehicle having an axle arrangement and a brake, especially a disc brake, whereby the cross-section of the axle arrangement has an oute... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7815022 | Brake caliper for a disk brake of a motor vehicle In order to avoid oscillations and brake screeching associated with such oscillations, a brake caliper is provided with a reinforcing element. The reinforcing element is formed with a C-shaped profile element that is connected to the brake caliper on the underside o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7798293 | Table clamp device A clamp device is provided that can prevent a table from being tilted at the time of clamping, can suppress a displacement in an axial direction at the time of clamping to a minimum, and also can be suitably used for a table unit with its table swiveling at a high s... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793765 | Multi-disc brake with reinforcing rib The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle. A knuckle supports a wheel of a vehicle. A hub is mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. A pair of discs are mounted for rotation with the hub and for sliding movement on the hub along the ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7635050 | Electric brake assembly An electric brake assembly includes an electric motor having a rotor in which a nut of a ball screw is fitted. A brake pad is coupled through a presser member to the threaded shaft of the ball screw. A bolt is threaded into the threaded shaft. A snap ring is mounted... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7631733 | Brake assembly A brake assembly includes a caliper having a first side portion connected to a second side portion by two circumferentially spaced bridge arms. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad and a second brake pad that are interchangeable and each having first and se... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7461725 | Disk brake A disk brake includes a brake disk with a preferred rotational direction, with a first brake pad with a first center of gravity on a first side of the brake disk, a second brake pad with a second center of gravity on a second side of the brake disk, and a caliper fo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7441635 | Friction pairing for parking brakes in motor vehicles Frictional pairing in motor vehicles, including a carbon-ceramic brake disk or a grey cast iron brake disk and a brake pad for the brake caliper of the parking brake, characterised in that the brake pad comprises a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material, which ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409884 | Torque transfer mechanism A torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either direction from the input shaft to the output shaft. The torque transfer mechanism also inhibits the transmission of rotation and torque in at least one d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370736 | Laminated shim for disc brake and pad unit having the laminated shim A laminated shim for a disc brake has a pad side shim and a pressing member side shim. The pad side shim is provided at a backside of a backing plate of pad. The pressing member side shim is disposed between the pad side shim and a pressing member used for pressing ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367433 | Disc brake with pressure piece A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, operated pneumatically or by electric motor, comprising a brake caliper, an application device and at least one adjuster device arranged with the brake caliper, is characterized in that both adjuster elements of the at least on... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357228 | Disk brakes with noise suppression feature A disk brake has a support member, an inner pad, and an outer pad. The support member is mounted on a car body member at a side near a car body with respect to a disk rotor and straddles the disk rotor in a cantilever manner in a rotor axis direction. The inner pad ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344006 | Piston assembly for use in a brake assembly A piston assembly for use in a brake assembly has a piston sleeve having a first end, a second end, an external radius, an internal radius, and a cap on the piston sleeve second end. The cap has a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The cap first end has ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344007 | Disk brake The invention relates to a disk brake provided with a brake caliper comprising a brake disk, a sliding member which can be displaced in a vertical manner in relation to the surface of the brake disk in the brake caliper and can be engaged against the brake disk, and... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331430 | Multi-disc brake with fixed center brake pad assembly The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle having a knuckle for supporting a wheel of a vehicle and a hub mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. The multi-disc brake also includes a pair of discs mounted for rotation with and sliding... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328777 | Disc brake system driven by rack A brake system using an electric motor to provide sufficient braking force by generating the self boosting operation using the motor and rotational inertia of the brake disc, thereby stabilizing the braking operation. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322448 | Brake component, disc brake, drum brake, and method for manufacturing a brake component Brake member where the occurrence of brake squeal when a fluctuating load is applied onto the brake member is reduced by way of a brake member or arrangement that includes a backing plate carrying a brake lining which exhibits at least one contact surface and side s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320386 | High friction brake shoe assembly A vehicle brake shoe assembly (10) having a rigid backing plate (12) incorporating a plurality of extensions (100) which project through the brake friction material matrix (22) to the outer friction surface (24) of the brake shoe a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316301 | Brake caliper A brake caliper includes an actuator, a moveable brake pad including a brake pad backplate having a generally planar portion, and a friction material secured to the brake pad backplate. The brake pad backplate is being generally arcuate in shape and defines a fricti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314122 | Bicycle brake assembly having multiple replaceable brake pads A bicycle brake shoe assembly including multiple brake pads of different braking compounds replaceably inserted sequentially into a truncated pad holder. The pads have an overlap at one end and an under-lap at the other end such that upon assembly within the holder ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278519 | Bicycle disk brake pad with friction and wear indicating parts A bicycle disk brake pad comprises a backing plate and a friction member. The friction member comprises a friction brake part and a wear indicating part, wherein the friction part is adapted to contact a rotating brake member, and the wear indicating part is mounted... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278521 | Disc rotor of disc brake device for vehicle and disc brake device A disc rotor of a disc brake device for a vehicle, the disc rotor being substantially disc-shaped, is disclosed, including a flange portion with which the disc rotor is mounted on a wheel of the vehicle, and a brake portion formed coaxially with a rotational axis of... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275625 | Disk brake pad A disk brake pad controls rotation of a disk rotor by pushing a friction surface against the disk rotor while it is rotating. The disk brake pad is formed with respective chamfered portions at respective end portions of the disk brake pad at the incoming and outgoin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267207 | Pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake A pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake for a commercial vehicle, including a brake caliper, which straddles a brake disc, and at least one brake application device for tensioning the disc brake. The side of the brake application device that faces the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258210 | Balanced support of brake pads A disc brake comprising a caliper, one or more brake discs and one or more brake pads. The brake pads are received on back plates or other pad support. The caliper and the pad supports are designed to take up resulting re-action forces during braking in a plane perp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247109 | Pulley fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus A pulley fixing apparatus of an office machine having a pulley fixing part rotatably fixing a driven pulley on a frame, a sliding part movably supporting the pulley fixing part on the frame, and an automatic tension adjusting part elastically urging the pulley fixin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237659 | Disk brake for a vehicle A disk brake is disclosed that has a shim between a brake pad and a pressuring element for pressing the brake pad against a disk rotor. The disk brake includes a stopper portion for stopping movement of the shim 70 with respect to the brake pad 50, whe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234573 | Brake shoe and method for producing a brake shoe In a brake shoe (1) comprising a carrier plate (2) having arranged thereon first a dampening and noise-reducing intermediate layer (4) and then a friction lining (6), it is provided that the intermediate layer (4), on the side ther... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232015 | Caliper body method of manufacturing caliper body of vehicular disc brake A method of manufacturing the caliper body of a vehicular disc brake by the gravity casting method. The caliper body is used for the vehicular disc brake wherein a pair of frictional pads are disposed opposite to each other with a disc rotor held therebetween. The c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232013 | Brake force sensor A brake system including a brake pad shaped and located to apply pressure to a brake rotor and an actuator shaped and located to apply pressure to the brake pad to cause the brake pad to apply pressure to the rotor. The system further includes a sensor material whic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222701 | Backing plate with friction material retention members and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A backing plate for a friction assembly includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a thickness defined therebetween. One or more retention members are provided on the first surface for engaging a friction material mounted thereon. Each retention... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219776 | Friction disc and process for producing the same A friction disc, in particular a brake or clutch disc, includes carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material with at least one top surface formed as a friction surface. At least part of the friction surface is formed of a different material, in particular of a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182179 | Walker with adjustable handlebar A walker including a main frame with a main part with a telescopic frame member being slidably adjustable in relation to main part, a handle bar with a brake handle bar for activating a brake via a brake pull wire, a brake wire connected to a brake wire fastener and... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178645 | Brake apparatus having automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with overadjustment preventer A brake apparatus having an automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with an overadjustment preventer constituted such that a piston is constituted by a structure of being divided in a plug piston 16 and a ring piston 14. The plug piston 16 is in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175007 | Backplate and a method of making a backplate A backplate supports friction material of a disc brake pad. The backplate includes a substantially planar portion of sheet metal and a stiffening flange extending around at least a portion of the periphery of the planar portion. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168528 | Three run disk brake stack and method of assembly In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. The disk(s) having an initial available wear portion of a first thickness are of a thickness so that at th... | 01/30/2007 |
