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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896141 | Disc brake with electrically operated adjustment device A disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles with a pivoting or displaceable brake caliper, an actuation device and at least one adjustment device on both sides of the brake disc is characterized in that the brake caliper comprises bearing housings on the und... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7370737 | Disc brake for a vehicle A disc brake for a vehicle has a caliper body including an acting section having a cylinder hole and provided on a first side of a disc rotor, a reacting section on a second side of the disc rotor and a bridge section connecting the acting section with the reacting ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7318502 | Fluid passage layout for integrated motorcycle brake and suspension system An integrated motorcycle brake system has a brake line, and an inside brake assembly having an inside piston. The brake line connects to the inside brake assembly, and the inside brake assembly integrally forms a fork leg. The outside brake assembly has an outside p... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7275624 | Disk brake unit for motorcycle To provide a motorcycle disk brake that can ensure brake force and also enable miniaturization. A motorcycle disk brake unit (10) has a part (105) of a piston (56) which projects outwards from an outer edge (35) of a brake disk ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249658 | Wide caliper assembly design A disc brake caliper assembly is provided including a support bracket, a pair of slide pins, and a caliper body. The support bracket includes an inboard rail and an outboard rail. The inboard rail defines a pair of engagement bores. The pair of slide pins engage the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234568 | High performance disk brake A support bracket for a disk brake of the type having a floating caliper comprises securing means for securing the support bracket to the suspension of a vehicle, and support means suitable for slidably supporting a sliding caliper body. The support bracket comprise... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229137 | Method and apparatus for locating an axle torque plate A trailer axle assembly includes a non-rotating axle tube that extends laterally between a pair of wheel ends. Each wheel end supports a disc brake assembly that selectively generates a braking force to slow or stop rotation of the wheel ends. The disc brake assembl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201258 | Disc brake A disc brake having a brake carrier (10) which may be fastened to the vehicle and to which bolts are fastened, comprises brake pads (32a, 32b), in the supporting plates of which U-shaped recesses (40, 40′) are formed, whic... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7086505 | Disc brake A disc brake has a support with a first end separated from a second end by first and second side walls that retain actuation members to move the first and second friction members into engagement with a rotor and effect a brake application. First and second perpendic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7032717 | Sleeve for a disc brake The present invention concerns a sleeve for a disc brake. The sleeve is furnished with splines (4, 5) on the outer periphery for co-operation with one or more brake discs. The sleeve is to be placed on a wheel axle and is attached to a wheel flange 1 b... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6814191 | Thrust reverser system with a pass-through torque activated brake A thrust reverser system that includes a pass-through torque activated brake assembly that limits the torque applied in portions of the thrust reverser system drive train. The brake assembly includes two plates that are coupled together with a torsion spring. When a... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6666307 | Thrust reverser system with a pass-through torque activated brake A thrust reverser system that includes a pass-through torque activated brake assembly that limits the torque applied in portions of the thrust reverser system drive train. The brake assembly includes two plates that are coupled together with a torsion spr... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6354408 | Adapter plate for disc brake installation An adapter plate for a caliper disc brake assembly is attached to the inboard side of the axle flange of a vehicle axle housing. The adapter plate is generally C-shaped to allow mounting around the central region of the axle housing. The inboard positioni... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6047795 | Mounting member for disk brake and method of producing the same A disk brake mounting member having a pair of left and right arms spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of a disk. A pair of left and right pin holes are formed in the left and right arms, respectively, with different bore diameter... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5836427 | Mounting construction of disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly that includes a mounting bracket formed with an attachment face for engagement with the corresponding attachment face of a stationary support bracket and fixed to the stationary support bracket by way of a fastening bolt, is provided... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5732798 | Disc brake with the caliper reaction passing through a wheel fixed support axle preferably for motorcycle front wheels with a peripheral annular disc A disc brake, preferably for motorcycle front wheels, including a peripheral annular disc and arranged such that its caliper reaction passes through a fixed axle coaxial with the wheel axis. The caliper is mounted at the end of a radial arm rigidly connec... | 03/31/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5690191 | Wheelbarrow braking system A new wheelbarrow braking system for facilitating braking of a conventional wheelbarrow while transporting heavy loads thereby retaining the desired position of the wheelbarrow on uneven surfaces and reducing velocity when transporting down hill. The inve... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5671827 | Air disc brake A disc brake apparatus comprising an annular brake disc carried by a wheel hub rotatably mounted on an axle, the brake disc being constructed of circular friction plates spaced by a plurality of vanes extending radially along an inner face of the friction... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5566791 | Disc brake A disc brake has a torque-carrying plate having a thickness substantially smaller than conventional plates, and yet is capable of carrying brake torque stably from the time the inner pad is brand-new until it is completely worn out. The torque-carrying pl... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5259483 | Low profile disk brake caliper A low profile disk brake caliper in which a disk brake pad is mounted on a flexible diaphragm contained within a piston cavity. Pressurization of the piston cavity by a master cylinder expands the diaphragm and urges the brake pad sidewardly from the hous... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4872535 | Brake A brake is disclosed for the end of a shaft such as a motor shaft including a bowl-shaped housing secured to a bowl-shaped cylinder and sandwiching a pressure plate therebetween. A torque plate is reciprocally mounted and rotatably related to the housing ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4784241 | Integrated disc brake and drum rake construction The present invention comprises an integrated disc brake (50) and drum brake (120) construction. A support member (12) is supported by a vehicle axle (14) and extends radially outwardly to provide support for a housing (52) of the disc brake (50). The hou... | 11/15/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4296843 | Disc brake for two-wheeled vehicle A floating type disc brake assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle having two pad assemblies one of which is operatively coupled to a caliper and the other to an opposing caliper arm. The caliper assembly is coupled to a fork of the vehicle through a pin dispo... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4189032 | Hydraulically-operated disc brakes for vehicles In a disc brake of the slidable reaction type in which an hydraulic actuator is located in a stationary member, a clamp member is guided for movement relative to the stationary member in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the disc by means ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4093043 | Caliper type disc brake A caliper brake having a brake disc rotatable about an axis with a friction lining carrier mounted for sliding movement axially of the brake disc on a supporting caliper housing. The lining carrier has two circumferentially spaced ends with an opening at ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4046233 | Sliding caliper disc brake A sliding caliper disc brake has a caliper member slidably mounted on a fixed torque-taking member and carrying an actuator which urges a friction pad onto one side of a rotating disc whereupon the caliper member slides on the torque member and applies an... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3935927 | Disc brake for use in two-wheeled vehicle A disc brake for use in a two-wheeled vehicle is disclosed, in which the position of an axle of the two-wheeled vehicle relative to the frame of vehicle is adjusted without changing the relative position in the radial direction of a caliper assembly to a ... | 02/03/1976 |
