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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6938314 | Method and apparatus for connecting two or more components by rivets A method of fastening at least two large-surface components together by hole-punching rivets, in which the rivets are driven through the components by rivet drivers and against dollies, and fastening the components together. The components rest on supports, and the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6609281 | Hand tool for brake shoe spring-retaining cup A hand tool having at least one end configured with several circumferentially spaced resilient detent fingers defining the periphery of a cage for capturing and both transversely and longitudinally positively confining the annular periphery of a spring-re... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6192566 | Brake single or dual piston pusher tool A piston pushing tool for use in piston disc brake assemblies having a caliper housing with at least one piston receiving bore open at one end and closed at its opposite end in which an hollow cylindrical piston having a closed end adjacent to the open en... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6115901 | Tool for breaking brake disks A breaking device for fracturing an unbroken brake disk in its mounted state. The breaking device has breaking or cutting irons which can be set on the brake disk.... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6108889 | Brake shoe deriveter An automated apparatus for removing rivets connecting a brake lining to a brake shoe is provided. One aspect of the invention includes a frame structure to which a brake shoe support assembly containing a plurality of curved supports is attached through a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6062351 | Integrated fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite brake pad and back plate An integrated brake pad and back plate having a brake pad section formed from a first fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite (FRCMC) material and a back plate section formed from a second FRCMC material. The brake pad and back plate are integrated beca... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5957251 | Brake or clutch components having a ceramic-metal composite friction material A braking component such as a brake pad, brake rotor, brake drum or clutch disk is comprised of a metal substrate having a friction material laminated on at least a portion of at least one face of the metal substrate, the friction material being a ceramic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5701655 | Method and apparatus for making brake shoes A method and apparatus for producing an arcuate brake shoe from a first strip of material which is to provide a web of the shoe and has a plurality of projections extending from one edge and a second strip which has a plurality of corresponding openings t... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5621958 | Brake element processing device and method Disclosed herein is a device for processing a brake element having a frame supporting a fixture for locating a brake element. The brake element has an inner concave surface and an outer convex surface. The fixture has a first surface to engage the inner c... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5448813 | Retainer-pin tool This invention relates to a retainer-pin tool for removably mounting the brake shoe of an automotive brake to the brake backing plate where the retainer-pin tool has radially and oppositely spaced internal keyway slots which are preferably orthogonal to e... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5347702 | Method of producing a transmission brake band An improved transmission brake band (10) and a method of forming the same s an improved reaction bracket (20) formed as an upraised dome (36) surrounding a reaction opening (32). An insert member (42), having a volcano-type body (44) integrally formed wit... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5345664 | Method for changing brake springs and shoes A method for installing and removing brake springs and brake shoes in a vehicle involves the following steps: removing a wheel from the vehicle and removing a brake hub from the vehicle (If the brake assembly is situated on an apparatus other than a vehic... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5177849 | Brake shoe rivet press The brake shoe rivet press is for removing in a single operation rivets which are arranged in rows to hold a fibrous liner to the base of a brake shoe to thereby permit removal and later replacement of the liner. The press has a frame and a punch holder f... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5042129 | Brake shoe delining apparatus A device for removing rivets connecting a brake lining to a brake shoe is provided. The brake shoe is supported and clamped adjacent the rivets. A rivet punch advances through the lining and shoe to expel the rivets. A brake shoe support enables the shoe ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5008995 | Brake shoe rivet press The brake shoe rivet press is for removing in a single operation rivets which are arranged in rows to hold a fibrous liner to the base of a brake shoe to thereby permit removal and later replacement of the liner. The press has a frame and a punch holder f... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4668850 | High frequency induction heating device for brake shoe lining In a high frequency induction heating device for a brake shoe lining, a high frequency induction heating coil is arranged to extend zigzag in a curved shape along the inner circumferential surface of the rim of a brake shoe body from one end to the other ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4312107 | Automatic arcuate brake shoe riveting machine and method An apparatus and method for the loading and locking of brake shoe components of various predetermined sizes in association with dual riveting machines and for automatically applying and upsetting a predetermined number of rivets in predetermined locations... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4287652 | Brake shoe salvaging means A brake shoe salvaging means, by which a forced relative rocking of a brake shoe table and a battery of ejection pins is provided, the pins being supported in a pattern corresponding to the location of rivet holes in the brake shoe table; and thus the roc... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4214357 | Punching device A rivetting machine for use with commercial vehicle brake-shoes, the machine having a punch holder, an anvil adjustable in height relative to the punch holder, a sprung rest for a brake shoe, and mechanism for linearly, operatively moving the punch holder... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4107842 | Eyelet removing punch The eyelet removing punch of this invention includes a cutter which co-operates with a bore in a metallic brake backing plate to shear an end off an eyelet and push the remainder of the eyelet out of the bore. The punch includes a stripper which removes t... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4065843 | Brake shoe rivet removal press An hydraulic press for the simultaneous removal of all the brake lining rivets from a brake shoe. The shoe is magnetically retained between the bottom surface of a curved punch retainer and an anvil until the hydraulic system forces the anvil up to clamp ... | 01/03/1978 |
