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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331432 | Disk brake apparatus Axial grooves 8e and circumferential groove 8f intersecting with he axial grooves are provided in a cylinder bore 8e. A fixed-side cam plate 12 has anti-rotation projections 12c, which are projected from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7270220 | Thermo clip in an adjustor mechanism for a drum brake An adjuster arrangement for maintaining first and second brake shoes of a brake between a minimum and a maximum clearance with respect to a drum. The adjuster arrangement has a pawl located on a pivot pin on the first brake shoe and an arm that engages a star wheel ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264093 | Combined service and parking brake apparatus A combined service and parking brake apparatus includes a piston which forms a hydraulic chamber within a cylinder portion; a brake lining which, when pressed by the piston, brakes rotation of a disc rotor; a second piston which divides the hydraulic changer into a ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258207 | Automatic shoe clearance adjusting apparatus An automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus having a ratchet wheel 124b and a driving member 127 comprising a pawl section 127f making a ratchet engagement with the ratchet wheel 124b and an arcuate leaf spring s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7178642 | Drum brake An adjuster for a strut located between first and second friction members for a drum brake. The strut has a shaft that is free to rotate in a first end member and threaded into the second end member. A lever pivots during a brake application and engages a ratchet wh... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131519 | Drum brake device with an automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus A drum brake device prevents shoe clearance over-adjustment by using a thermo-sensitive member with a lower leg opening force and provides a smaller thermo-sensitive member with a lower cost. A portion between both ends of the brake lever (50) in a direction ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086503 | Brake condition monitoring System and method for monitoring the applications of the brakes, e.g. of an aircraft to determine brake condition and operate a brake maintenance programme or charge a brake system user. It is desirable to have accurate information for determining the condition and ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077249 | Drum brakes with interconnected multi-degrees-of-freedom shoes This invention is a new type of drum brake and its variants for motor vehicles, the shoe mechanism assembly of which has at least one set of interconnected shoe mechanism and automatic adjusting mechanism of brake clearance. The interconnected shoe mechanism consist... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6918468 | Automatic drum brake adjuster locked at a high temperature A brake adjuster for adjusting the working clearance of the shoes of an automotive drum brake, the adjuster including three co-axial elements a first rod element (25) having a head portion for engagement with a first brake shoe and a threaded stem portion, an... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913328 | System and method for controlling brake actuation energy in electronically-controlled brake systems of tractor and trailer vehicle combinations A system and method for controlling brake actuation energy in electronically controlled brake systems of tractor and trailer vehicle combinations. The temperatures of the brakes of the tractor and trailer vehicle parts are determined and compared with one another an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6877589 | Drum brake device with an automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus A drum brake device prevents shoe clearance over-adjustment by means of a thermo-sensitive member with a lower leg opening force and provides a smaller thermo-sensitive member with a lower cost. A portion between both ends of the brake lever (50) in a directi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6659236 | Parking brake A disc brake having a ball-in-ramp actuator retained in a caliper for supplying a piston with a static clamping force to move first and second friction members into frictional engagement with a rotor to effect a parking brake application. The clamping for... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6619442 | Automatic stroke adjustment device for a brake actuator An automatic stroke adjustment device for a brake actuator having clutch rings (240, 340, 440, 540, 546, 640) making an irreversible screw engagement relatively rotatable for the amount of exceeding the backlash by releasing the clutch engagement to rotat... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6508339 | Drum brake device having a shoe clearance over-adjustment prevention apparatus A shoe clearance over-adjustment prevention apparatus employable to various types of automatic shoe clearance adjustment devices and drum brakes and designable to have a common thermo-sensitive member suitable for mass production. The thermo-sensitive mem... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6397984 | Automatic clearance compensator for a drum brake for a motor vehicle In a clearance compensator, a rod (12) is fixed to one of the shoes of the brake and is slidable in an intermediate element (13) threadably engaged in another rod (11) secured to the other shoe. A heat-sensitive bi-metallic strip (18) projects from a leaf... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345702 | Brake adjusters A brake adjuster comprises a variable length strut (16) having two end portions (30, 31) and an intermediate portion (32) therebetween which is in screw threaded engagement with one of the end portions (31). A pawl (39) is attached to the other end portio... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6336525 | Disc brake oil pressure adjusting device for bikes A disc brake oil-adjusting device for bikes includes a handle, a main cylinder and an auxiliary cylinder having one end communication with the main cylinder and the other end protruding out of the handle. An adjusting device screws with the interior of th... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6328141 | Drum brake device with automatic shoe clearance adjustment device A adjustment lever (80) has dual-functions characterized in that when an actuating force to a brake shoe (20) to move outward reaches predetermined magnitude, a device (80g) prevents over-adjustment of shoe-to-drum clearances disables a device (70) to res... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6196360 | Automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for drum brakes An automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake device which improves the ease of assembly of the bimetal member and prevents misassembly of the device. The adjuster 11 has a screw mechanism which automatically extends in response to the ex... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5992579 | Method and apparatus for detecting an improperly adjusted slack adjuster A method and apparatus for monitoring slack adjustment for braking in a vehicle is applicable to either drum or disc brake assemblies. The vehicle has several axle assemblies each with a pair of brake assemblies. A typical disc brake assembly includes a r... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5641042 | Anomalous braking element temperature-rise detector assembly An anomalous braking element temperature-rise detector assembly detecting anomalous temperature rise of a braking element so as to prevent braking force from being lowered owing to occurrence of fade and also prevent the braking element from being inactiv... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5429213 | Drum brake clearance adjustment staying device Matching mounting holes 25 and 85 are bored into the shoe web 22 of one brake shoe 20 and the base end 81 of the temperature sensor 80 respectively, and a clip is inserted through both holes, thereby biasing the temperature sensor in the direction towards... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5295561 | Device for automatically taking up play for a braking mechanism Device for automatically taking up the play in a braking mechanism comprising a cylindrical piece (30) rotatably movable about its own axis (x--x'), of which the rotation over a fraction of a revolution is ensured by a control member (41) able to pivot al... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5246090 | Drum brake and wear adjuster therefor A drum brake comprising a drum; first and second brake shoes which carry friction lining material; at least one hydraulic actuator engaging the brake shoes for moving the friction lining material into contact with the drum on actuation thereof, a clearanc... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5182963 | Soft release control mechanism with spring clutch and viscous damping A control mechanism of the soft release type includes a cylindrical drum about which is concentrically arranged a helical clutch spring the coil turns of which are normally contracted radially inwardly into frictional engagement with the outer periphery o... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4938320 | Apparatus and method of utilization thereof of a thermal compensating self-adjusting vehicle wheel drum brake A thermal compensating self-adjusting vehicle wheel drum brake apparatus and method is provided including a wheel cylinder, a plate for mounting the wheel cylinder, an adjuster strut with a star wheel for adjustably extending a pair of brake shoes. An adj... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4823035 | Electric motor with locking apparatus An electric motor inlcudes a slotted collar on the rotor and a temperature sensitive actuator with an attached pin effective when cold to move into an inserted position in which the pin engages the slotted collar to prevent rotor rotation, and when hot to... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4809826 | Drum brake with automatic adjustment The automatic adjustment of a drum brake is obtained by way of an adjusting lever (30) fitted to pivot on one (12) of the brake shoes when the wear of the friction linings (16) on the brake shoes (12) warrants it. This lever rests against a spacer (44) co... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4804072 | Drum brake with automatic adjustment locked at high temperature The automatic adjustment of a drum brake, when the wear of the friction linings carried by the shoes justifies it, is obtained by way of an adjusting lever (30) mounted pivotally on one (12a) of the shoes and carrying a toothed quadrant (30a), on which a ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4729457 | Automatically adjustable and thermally lockable strut for a drum brake The strut, mounted in the vicinity of the brake application mechanism and bearing with each of its ends against each of the shoes (3, 4), has a device which automatially extends according to the wear of the friction components and which consists of a nut-... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4706783 | Automatic adjusting device for a brake An adjusting device (24,34) of an automatically adjustable shoe drum brake has an at least prartly movable locking member (46) associated with it which cooperates with a heat sensitive spring element (50) and prevents pivoting of an adjusting lever (34) a... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4706784 | Drum brake adjusters A self-contained drum brake adjuster mechanism using an escapement drive arrangement to provide adjustment. A bi-metal spring, used in the normal adjustment operation, contracts at higher brake temperatures to prevent over-adjustment of the brake when the... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4646881 | Automatic adjustment strut for a drum brake The strut body (5) is made as a single piece by casting and incorporates a main elongated portion (15), an enlarged end forming a head (16) through which a bore (17) passes, which is partially closed peripherally (18) and which extends into the main porti... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4533024 | Automatic adjusting device for a brake A strut (40) whose effective length depends on the relative positions of two strut portions (44,46) adjustable with respect to each other is connected in parallel with a brake actuating mechanism (18). One of the strut portions (44,46) is subjected to the... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4476963 | Automatic adjuster for a shoe drum brake An adjuster for a shoe drum brake has a variable length strut for maintaining a predetermined maximum shoe to drum clearance. A thermally responsive body of shape memory effect material (SME material as defined in the Specification) is arranged to move th... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4390086 | Automatic adjusters for drum brakes A vehicle drum brake comprises an automatic adjuster with thermal compensation, so that the brake does not become over-adjusted following thermal expansion and subsequent contraction of the drum. The adjuster overcomes the problems associated with adjuste... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4385681 | Drum brakes having automatic adjusters A brake has an automatic adjuster including a pawl and ratchet mechanism, the adjuster comprising a bimetallic strip arranged to disengage the pawl from the ratchet when a predetermined temperature is attained. When there is excessive travel of the pawl, ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4148380 | Automatic shoe clearance adjusting device in shoe drum brake An automatic shoe clearance adjusting device in a shoe drum brake of the type including a first strut member, a second strut member telescopically projecting from the first strut member, an adjusting nut rotatably mounted on the first strut member and eng... | 04/10/1979 |
| 3983970 | Drum brake A drum brake is disclosed which includes an automatic adjustment mechanism which advances the brake released position of the brake shoes toward the drum to compensate for lining wear. A temperature responsive element prevents operation of the adjuster mec... | 10/05/1976 |
