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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100746 | Motor vehicle drum brake and related assembling method In order to facilitate assembly and disassembly of a vehicle, the invention provides a method of assembling and disassembly a drum brake (1). In this assembly and disassembly method, the operating spacing of two brake shoes (4 and 5) inside a dr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6397977 | Vehicle brake having brake de-adjust A vehicle brake of the caliper type having electrically actuated active adjustment of the running clearance of a brake lining relative to a brake rotor, wherein, for brake operation, angular displacement of a rotatable component (14) of the brake by an ex... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6077042 | Helicopter rotor brake A helicopter rotor brake having a disk connected angularly to a helicopter rotor; a brake caliper having friction members cooperating with the disk; and an actuating device for moving the brake caliper, parallel to the plane of the disk, between a work po... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5158415 | Brake caliper suspension system for golf cars and utility vehicles A suspension system for brake calipers wherein two brake rods pass through two plates so that the brake rods are aligned parallel to each other. The barke rods are longer than the distance between the two plates so that the ends of the brake rods extend a... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4577731 | Floating caliper spot type disc brake A floating-caliper spot-type disc brake comprises a brake support member with two radially extending brake-shoe carrying and guiding arms and a floating caliper arranged between the arms. The floating caliper is axially guided by at least one axial bolt s... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4566564 | Disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly includes a torque member (12) with a pair of arms (18, 20) supporting a caliper assembly (24). The pair of arms and caliper assembly define recesses (34, 36) and the recesses form slots (50, 52) which receive a friction element (32).... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4460070 | Spot-type brake A spot-type brake comprises a caliper movable during braking to engage a pair of friction elements with a rotor. The rotor comprises a first part and a second part. The first part is engageable with radially outer portions of the pair of friction elements... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4360080 | Caliper brake structure to facilitate changing of brake elements A disc brake including a stationary member provided on one side of a rotatable disc, a caliper slidably mounted on the stationary member and having an arm portion straddling the disc, a mechanical brake actuating mechanism incorporated in the caliper to a... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4351420 | Sliding guide for a floating caliper disc brake The sliding guide for a floating caliper disc brake comprises, at one side of the brake disc, two axially extending pins secured to the brake support and projecting through elastic bushings inserted in guide holes in the brake caliper and, at the other si... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4335806 | Spot-type disc brake having a simple guiding arrangement for the caliper and shoes at the carrier An arrangement of guiding a caliper of a floating caliper disc brake comprising two axial pins fixed to a carrier member and projecting away from the disc through guiding openings in the caliper. At the other side of the disc the caliper is detachably fix... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4310075 | Disc brake A floating-caliper disc brake (10) includes a non-rotating torque member (38) which carries the caliper (22) in fixed radial position relative to the disc (12) via a pair of pins (50). The torque member and caliper each have matching grooves (46, 48) whic... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4245722 | Vehicle disk brake with improved means for changing brake pads A disk brake assemblage providing an improved arrangement whereby the brake pads and supports therefore may be changed with a minimum amount of disassembly of the disk brake assemblage. The brake assemblage is provided with an annular cylinder and an annu... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4235315 | Full disk brake A full disk brake including a pair of disks, brake pads, and a closed external housing. In order to facilitate removal of the housing for changing brake pads, the housing is segmented, such as in the form of a pair of semi-cylindrical segments which are s... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4207970 | Disc brake A disc brake including a stationary member, a pair of friction pads at least one of which is slidably supported on the stationary member, a caliper slidably supported on the stationary member by at least one pin, a hydraulic piston provided in the caliper... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4060154 | Disc brakes caliper and support structure The invention provides a sliding caliper disc brake in which a caliper carrying an indirectly operated friction pad assembly is slidably mounted on a single pin relative to a fixed torque plate carrying a directly operated friction pad assembly, at least ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4054189 | Fully lined hydraulically actuated disc brakes A hydraulically actuated fully lined disc brake assembly for braking a wheel of a motor vehicle has a brake housing which is provided with a gap which is open on its radially exterior side. Brake discs which fully line the brake housing are disposed in th... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3983969 | Disc brake caliper and friction pad mounting A disc brake for an automotive vehicle is disclosed in which the inner friction element is provided with a pair of arms extending from opposite ends thereof. The arms are provided with grooves (or projections) which are adapted to slidably engage axially ... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3942612 | Friction pad mounting means for a disc brake caliper The invention relates to a disc brake in which the brake pads are slidably mounted in an anchoring member straddling the disc. The pads co-operate with V-ribs formed in the anchoring member beyond the periphery of the disc. Each rib has an axial surface p... | 03/09/1976 |
