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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7182182 | Drum brake and brake shoe for one such brake A drum brake comprising a plate on which at least one shoe having a friction lining is mounted. A lever moves the shoe against a wheel drum in response to a braking command to effect a brake application. A resilient return spaces the shoe apart from the drum when br... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7104370 | Drum brake assembly A drum brake assembly which includes a rotatable drum having a radially inner drum braking surface and a brake shoe of single piece construction and of generally circular form mounted within the drum and against a backing plate. The brake shoe includes friction lini... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7044275 | Drum brake device In a drum brake device having a shoe drive cam, the braking force of which is mechanically controlled according to a reaction force acting on an anchor pin by a brake shoe, the cam plate 76 pivotally supported by the anchor pin 10 and the lever plate | 05/16/2006 |
| 6910738 | Device and method for assembling a recliner mechanism An adjustable pivot rotatably supports and adjusts a position of a pivoting member within a housing. The adjustable pivot includes a central cylinder defining a first axis and rotatably supporting the pivoting member. A second cylinder extends from the central cylin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6695100 | Drum Brake A drum brake assembly for a vehicle wherein first and second brake shoes are positioned on a backing plate and radially aligned with a drum by a resilient arrangement. The resilient arrangement is characterized by first and second spring each of which hav... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6354410 | Rubber bonded anchor pin A brake assembly of a vehicle for enduring corrosive road effects is disclosed. The brake assembly includes a mounting bracket having a bore. An anchor pin extends through the bore of the mounting bracket to rotatably support a brake shoe of the assembly.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5343987 | Dual secondary shoe drum brake with means preventing depletion of hydraulic cylinder A hydraulic wheel brake cylinder (12) and the housing (22) of an intermediate support (20) are mounted diametrically opposite each other on an anchor plate (10) and on said intermediate support (20) two brake shoes (16, 18) bear with their ends remote fro... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5158160 | Automatic adjusting apparatus for a duo-servo drum brake An automatic one-shot adjusting apparatus which is applicable both for mechanically and for hydraulically actuatable duo-servo drum, brakes and which includes two ratchets (6, 14) interacting through springs (11, 15) and is capable of adjusting only upon ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5058714 | Apparatus for a drum brake, in particular for mechanically actuatable self-energizing internal shoe-type drum brakes for automotive vehicles An apparatus for a drum brake for mechanically actuatable self-energizing internal shoe-type drum brakes for automotive vehicles. A pair of brake shoes (4, 5) is arranged on a brake carrier plate (27) at a thrust member (6) and furnished with tension spri... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4815571 | Automatic adjuster An automatic brake adjuster has a strut composed of two parts between which there is a non-reversible threaded connection, relative rotation between the parts to vary the strut length being controlled by a clutch ring urged by a spring into clutching enga... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4732243 | Automatic adjuster for a vehicle brake actuator An automatic adjuster for a vehicle brake actuator has a non-rotatable brake shoe-engaging tappet, an adjuster member having a threaded shank threadedly engaged with a nut, the adjuster member co-acting with the tappet so that said rotation of the adjuste... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4645040 | Adjusting and centering contrivance for servo brakes An adjusting and centering contrivance for a servo brake including a U-shaped, fixed guide casing (1) and in the axial borings of which is journaled a slide-through lock that is mounted in an axially displaceable fashion out from a central position agains... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4623046 | Automatic adjuster for duo-servo internal shoe drum brakes A duo-servo brake comprising a pair of arcuate brake shoes within a brake drum, automatic operating means being located between opposed shoe ends for adjusting the clearance between shoes and drum characterized by the provision of a pair of pivotable adju... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4555001 | Overtravel device for an automatic brake adjuster A continuous wireform is constructed as the cage (48) for a caged spring (50), these two components serving as the overtravel arrangement in an automatic brake adjuster. The wireform cage has a coil (70) formed at one end of the cage (48) and two limbs (7... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4502573 | Automatic-adjustment drum brake The invention concerns an automatic-adjustment drum brake. The brake comprises a support plate (10) which slidably carries two brake shoes (12, 14). An anchoring block (24) is disposed between first ends (20, 22) of the brake shoes (12, 14). A brake actua... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4492289 | Internal shoe drum brake An internal shoe drum brake incorporates an automatic adjuster which includes and adjuster element carried by one of the brake shoes, a strut extending between the shoes and engaged by the adjuster element and a rotary adjuster cam mounted on the same sho... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4452344 | Drum brake The invention relates to a drum brake in which the strut (32, 132, 232) is maintained at an approximately constant distance relative to the brake motor (20, 120, 220). The brake comprises a strut (32, 132, 232) disposed between two brake shoes (12, 112, 2... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4442924 | Internal shoe drum brakes An internal shoe drum brake having a pair of brake shoes mounted on a back plate with double ended expanders located one between each pair of adjacent ends of the shoes. The expander has a strut assembly slidable within itself so that when the expander is... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4431088 | Internal shoe drum brake adjusting device An internal shoe drum brake automatic adjuster comprising a strut extending between one brake shoe and a wedge, mounted between the strut and an abutment on a second brake shoe. The wedge is spring loaded to increase the spacing between the adjacent end o... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4266637 | Non-return device The invention provides a simple robust non-return device. The essential features of the device are a housing having in it a stepped bore, and a rod. The bore conveniently has an asymmetric step. The rod fits into the narrower part of the bore. As the hous... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4207972 | Automatic wear compensator for Belleville spring clutches An automatic wear compensator for a vehicle clutch actuated by a diaphragm or Belleville spring to compensate for the normal wear of the clutch friction faces during use and maintain the initial load characteristics of the spring throughout the life of th... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4121701 | Adjusting assembly for a drum brake A drum brake which comprises two brake shoes, an actuator situated between two first adjacent ends of the shoes and a fixed fulcrum block situated between the other two ends of the shoes. An adjuster is designed to increase the distance between the first ... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4056175 | Slack adjusters for the shoes of vehicle shoe drum brakes of the duo servo type An automatic slack adjuster assembly is provided in or for a vehicle internal shoe drum brake of the duo-servo type having primary and secondary shoes located within a rotatable drum so that the primary shoe is carried round with the drum when the brake i... | 11/01/1977 |
