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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151949 | Drum brake apparatus A drum brake apparatus is provided with a backing plate, a brake shoe, a shoe guide portion formed integrally with a backing plate by cutting and press molding, a guide surface on a rear surface of the shoe guide portion, an engagement projection that is formed on t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7849978 | Brake system for patient care equipment support arm A patient care equipment support system includes an arm supported in a hospital room for pivoting movement about a generally vertical axis, a patient care equipment column coupled to the arm for movement therewith, and a brake configured to impede the pivoting movem... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7328776 | Brake device for a strap-reel frame A brake device for a strap-reel frame is installed on the frame body of the strap-reel frame for braking the inner and the outer disc pivotally fitted on the horizontal shaft of the frame body. The brake device includes a swinging rod having one end pivotally connec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320473 | Brake apparatus for a wheelchair A brake apparatus for a wheelchair is mounted on one side of a wheelchair, with a corresponding brake apparatus mounted on the opposite side of a wheelchair. The brake apparatus includes an upper assembly mounted on the wheelchair frame just below the padded arm res... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7261190 | Reaction lever for a parking brake A lever for moving first and second brake shoes into engagement with a drum to effect a brake application. The lever has a first end connected to the brake shoes and a second end with a tine fixed thereto to which a cable is connected to apply an input force to effe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237453 | Acceleration pedal module with controllable friction device A power control device for drive motors in motor vehicles, in particular an accelerator pedal, includes an operating lever which may be operated by an operating force against a return force from a rest position on pivoting about a pivot axis. A damping device for da... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234587 | Conveyor chain link A link of a conveyor chain comprising a main base body, a supporting element for supporting and retaining at least one supporting shaft with which a plurality of first rollers are rotatably associated, the link being adapted to be articulated to a similar adjacent l... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213815 | Mechanic's creeper A mechanic's creeper (10) includes a pad (12) supported between a plurality of side rails (14) by a plurality of crossbars (15). The side rails (14) are of tear-shaped cross section such that no sharp edges are provided adjacent to... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178643 | Drum brake apparatus A cam mechanism 7 provided as a shoe drive mechanism includes a cam supporting plate 21 being loosely and rotatably fitted on an anchor pin 10 for receiving a shoe operating force, a first cam plate 23 rotatably connected to the cam suppo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168530 | Waterproof universal drum brake hydraulic cylinder The invention discloses an improved drum brake hydraulic cylinder. In a preferred embodiment, the invention discloses an O-ring in an annular groove to seal the cylinder. One specifically disclosed embodiment shows an additional exterior seal over the piston and the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7124858 | Brake system An object of the invention is to provide a brake apparatus which can facilitate slope starting and slope climbing and which can be produced small in size and light in weight. In addition, another object of the invention is to provide a brake apparatus which can obta... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114674 | Electromechanical brake in a slitter An idler roll brake in a paper handing machine wherein the roll brake employs a brake shoe mounted to the roll end bearing. The brake shoe slides forward to bring the brake shoe against the interior surface of the roll. An electromagnet positioned external to and mo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096533 | Locking roller for an article of furniture A locking roller assembly includes a housing adapted for mounting to an article of furniture. A wheel is rotatably mounted to the housing via a mounting arrangement that accommodates relative vertical movement between the wheel and the housing. The wheel is mounted ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091647 | Micromechanical device having braking mechanism The present invention provides a brakeable microapparatus comprising a substrate and a structure overlying the substrate and movable relative to the substrate. A frictional brake overlies the structure and is movable into frictional engagement with the structure for... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048096 | Incremental braking apparatus and method of braking An incremental braking apparatus and method includes a first rotating member having a plurality of rigid stops spaced circumferentially around an outer cylindrical surface of the first rotating member, and a plurality of flexible stops arranged in a plurality of row... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6974000 | System and method for limiting vibration in an apparatus during a loss of power An apparatus comprising a frame; a member movable relative to said frame; a damping device interconnected between the frame and the movable member; a controller for activating the damper to generate a damping condition at a predetermined member operating condition; ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948598 | Brake drum for wet-type band brake drum and method for manufacturing the same A brake drum for a wet-type band brake has a large number of grooves substantially along the circumferential direction on a slide contact surface with the brake band. Each adjacent grooves are smoothly linked to each other through a substantially convex arcuate cros... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948596 | Dual-acting band brake A band brake for retarding the motion of an associated rotatable member. The brake acts to resist motion of the rotatable member through actuation of both of its ends by a cylindrical actuating member. The band is connected with and carried by actuator so as to allo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926126 | Disc brake The invention relates to an electromechanical disk brake (10). To attain brake boosting, the invention proposes embodying the disk brake (10) with a multiple brake cylinder (24), which is displaceable in a secant direction of a brake disk (20... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6834748 | Liningless brake assembly with dampers A vehicle brake assembly utilizes a damping mechanism to eliminate brake linings. The brake assembly includes a fixed base plate and an actuation plate rotatable relative to the base plate. The base plate includes a plurality of orientation slots and the actuation p... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6691836 | Brake auxiliary device A brake auxiliary device is proposed, including a resilient mechanism having an upper support member mounted on a bottom surface of a vehicle, and a lower support member properly spaced apart from the upper support member at a position above a wheel shaft... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6659480 | Skate board brake A braking apparatus for a skateboard (10) having an axle (36), wherein a braking member (42) is disposed about the axle (36), and is actuated by an actuating device (44) to engage with a wheel mounting assembly (92) of the skateboard (10) so as to effect ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6612407 | Drum brakes A method of attaching a brake cable assembly onto a drum brake assembly is disclosed for a new form of brake cable having a cable inner portion with an end fitting and a cable outer portion comprising a cable sheath and a guide. The cable guide is inserte... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6607250 | Caster block and wheel lock for wheelchair A caster block for receiving a caster wheel for a wheelchair, in which a housing defines a central bore and spaced-apart bores for bolts to connect the caster block to the wheel chair. A resilient core in the central bore defines recesses in opposing dist... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6520300 | Method for regulating the brake(s) of an escalator or a moving walkway The invention relates to a method for regulating the brake(s) of an escalator or moving walkway, independently of the load. According to the invention, actual values are supplied to at least one regulator which contains at least one nominal value, the reg... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6382368 | Drum-in disc brake A support member of a disc brake and a backing plate of a drum brake are formed integrally, and a pair of pin supporting portions for respectively supporting a pair of caliper slide pins are provided in the support member so that the pair of caliper slide... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382366 | Brake device in a skateboard cart A brake device in a skateboard cart comprises a square fixed base, a brake cover, and two springs. The fixed base has an upright side and a projection ear with an engaging hole extending outward from an upper part of the upright side horizontally. Two cir... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6330952 | Shock absorbing tow bar for trolley-type conveyor systems A shock absorbing tow bar for connection between the accumulating trolley and load carriage of a power and free conveyor system is disclosed. The tow bar includes one component that is connectable to the accumulating trolley and another that is connectabl... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6312215 | Turbine engine windmilling brake A windmilling brake system for a turbine engine includes a brake drum (14) on an interior surface of an engine rotor. The drum circumscribes a brake unit (37) that includes a brake ring (38) with brake shoes (42) each connected to the ring by respective s... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6298952 | Brake of rear wheel of scooter A scooter rear wheel brake comprises a first wheel cover and a second wheel cover. The first wheel cover is mounted on the support frame of the scooter and is located over a predetermined position of the wheel rim. The first wheel cover is provided with a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6293374 | Drum brake seal structure for all-terrain vehicle wheel A drum brake includes a brake drum attached to an axle, and a brake panel. The brake drum includes a disc portion and a cylindrical portion extending from an outer peripheral end portion of the disc portion towards the brake panel. On an outer peripheral ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6264012 | Rotating cooling wheel and method of manufacturing the same and drum brake An outer surface 1d of the brake drum 1 has seven thick portions (10B1 to 10B7) each having equal mass and separated at an equal distance in the circumferential direction from a reference line which is an arbitrary diameter, six thic... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6253883 | Brake drum with parallel grooves In the brake drum, a plurality of grooves are formed on the slid surface thereof in such a manner that the grooves respectively extend in parallel to the sliding direction of the brake drum.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253884 | Rear brake unit for a beach buggy A rear brake device for a beach buggy includes an axle sleeve, a brake disc fixed at one side of the axle sleeve and having two semicircular brake members, and a brake drum with a center serrated tube to engage and rotate synchronously with the axle. The ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241056 | Composite brake drum A composite brake drum for a motor vehicle or the like. The brake drum has a drum body that is comprised of a first material, preferably a cast metal, such as gray iron. The drum body has a cylindrical section, a shoulder, and a mounting face. The brake d... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6182802 | Elastic-tube-operated brake band An elastic-tube-operated brake band is used by arranging it between an inner member and an outer member. The brake band includes a ring-shaped strap with a friction material fixedly secured on a circumferential surface thereof. The brake band is also with... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6109133 | Control arrangement A control arrangement, in particular a power-control arrangement for engines of vehicles, having an actuating lever (1), in particular a pedal, and a damping device (5-8; 10) which counteracts a movement of the actuating lever (1), comprising a freewheel ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6102167 | Brake device for a stroller A brake device for braking a stroller, which has an axle and a wheel mounted rotatably thereon, includes a support post secured relative to and extending uprightly from the rear axle, and a mounting frame disposed on the support post and extending beyond ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098910 | Self-compensating filament tension control device A tension control device (10) for regulating the payout of filamentary material (24) from a spool (22) includes a fixed support (12, 14), a swing frame assembly (16) pivotably mounted on the fixed support and predisposed to a holding position, and a spind... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6089358 | Tube-pressed brake band A tube-pressed brake band is arranged between inner and outer rings having a common center to stop rotation of one of the inner and outer rings as a counterpart by inflating a ring-shaped tube, which is inflatable in a radial direction of the brake band, ... | 07/18/2000 |
