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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186487 | Vehicle disc brake device A vehicle disc brake device for preventing snow, ice, and mud from adhering to a caliper includes a body-anchoring part provided in a cylinder of a caliper, the body-anchoring part for securing a wire guide used to support a brake wire. The body-anchoring part has a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7267204 | Pad remaining amount checking structure in disk brake of vehicle In a disk brake of a vehicle, a caliper device which supports pads that can be pressed against a brake disk rotating with a wheel and which exerts a force to press the pads against the brake disk, is supported on a support member that supports an axle of the wheel. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7134532 | Disk brake The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7014018 | Vehicle braking device A braking device includes a caliper housing having two parallel flanges assembled at each end by a transverse guard so as to define a median opening for positioning pads. The pads have, at each of their upper end, fittings to be supported and guided by shafts acting... | 03/21/2006 |
| RE38975 | Bicycle disc brake A bicycle disc brake is provided in which a support member movably couples the brake caliper to the frame of the bicycle. The bicycle disc brake caliper has a caliper housing with a single piston unit. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing between a rele... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6923296 | Disc Brake A support for a disc brake has first and second bores in a first projection and third and fourth bores in a second projection located in a same horizontal plane and the first and third bores aligned in a first vertical plane and the second and fourth bores aligned i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6334514 | Bicycle disc brake A bicycle disc brake is provided in which a support member movably couples the brake caliper to the frame of the bicycle. The bicycle disc brake caliper has a caliper housing with a single piston unit. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing bet... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6223867 | Disk brake A disk pass portion for receiving a part of a disk is provided between a cylinder portion and an outer claw portion of a caliper body at the inner peripheral side of a bridge portion of the caliper body. A pair of mounting portions extend arcuately from b... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5819886 | Trailer brake system with dual piston calipers A trailer brake system provides an improved disc brake assembly with a caliper unit having first and second housings which contain hydraulically operated opposed pistons for engaging brake pads and providing relative movement toward and away from a brake ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5431257 | Method and device for braking, particularly for bicycles, motorcycles, and small automobiles A method and device for braking a moving or movable element such as a wheel, particularly in two-wheeled vehicles, where a force is applied to a moving element (5) by at least one frictional element such as a brake pad (30), whereby a compression force is... | 07/11/1995 |
| 4821846 | Actuating device for a disk brake An actuating device for a disk brake operates two brake shoes to move axially against the opposite sides of the brake disk. Each brake shoe is connected by a pin to a brake caliper half. Each brake caliper half is comprised of two levers spaced one above ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4102440 | Cam operated disc brake A disc brake assembly comprising a frame including a caliper and brake pads carried thereby in laterally spaced relation to receive a disc therebetween. An actuator including first and second plunger members located for relative lateral displacement to ef... | 07/25/1978 |
