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7353919 Cooling arrangement for brake caliper  
The invention relates to a brake caliper with at least one axially displaceable, hydraulically actuated piston ( 1 ), with which a brake pad ( 8 ) can be pressed against a brake disc ( 9 ). The...
7337884 Cycle brake cooling article  
Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element,...
7281613 Interface disc for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus  
A friction disc ( 16 ) for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus includes elongated and shortened fins ( 42, 43 ) upstanding between and equally circumferentially spaced intermediate first...
7111710 Braking surface cooling assembly and brake performance enhancing methods  
Vanes positioned immediately adjacent the swept area of a moving friction brake rotor induce a flow of air over the rotor by displacing the boundary layer of gases from the rotor surface and...
7066303 Brake piston  
The present invention relates to a brake piston with reduced transmission of heat from the disk to the brake fluid. In particular, the present invention relates to a disk-brake piston ( 7 )...
7032724 Brake disc for a vehicle disc brake  
Brake disc for a vehicle disc brake, comprising a radially inner hub portion ( 1 a ) intended to be non-rotatably joined to a wheel hub and a surrounding, radially outer disc portion with...
6978867 Bicycle hub with an attached cooling disk  
A bicycle hub brake component is provided for braking a hub of a wheel mounted on a bicycle frame The component comprises a brake drum and a cooling disk. The brake drum has a drum body that is...
6920949 Cooling air system for small vehicle  
A small vehicle has a frame assembly that is supported by rear wheels. An engine is supported by the frame assembly. The rear wheels are driven by the engine through a shaft drive arrangement. A...
6915880 Shielded aircraft brake assembly  
An aircraft brake assembly incorporating components which are sensitive to heat and to contact with substances present in runway,.e.g., de-icer compositions and cleansing liquids. The assembly...
6880683 Brake disc having air circulating fan blades  
A brake disc for cycle brake systems includes an outer peripheral portion, a hub portion, and an air circulating device attached to the brake disc, and inclined relative to the brake disc, to...
6857510 Forced air cooling system for vehicle driveline components  
A vehicle driveline component temperature control assembly utilizes compressed air or another fluid to cause air flow across an external portion of the driveline component. The airflow facilitates...
6796405 Ventilated brake rotor  
A ventilated brake rotor having vents disposed between two discs. The vents are defined by an adjacent pair of vanes distributed around the first disc and disposed below the second disc. Each vane...
6739437 Vented disc brake rotor  
A vented disc brake rotor is provided. In one embodiment, the rotor includes a plurality of curved directing walls disposed between first and second braking surfaces to define a plurality of flow...
6692084 Wheel cap  
A wheel cap is detachably joined to a disc wheel and having air discharge openings formed in the outer periphery thereof. The wheel cap has a plurality of radial fins provided for the reverse side...
6666309 Truck brake drum  
A brake drum is provided that includes an open end and a hub end, with a braking section extending generally transversely from the open end to join with the hub end. A plurality of first-indented...
6626273 Brake disk and corresponding axle hub  
The invention relates to a brake disk comprising two friction rings which are connected via links and between which an air channel is configured, as well as support elements which are molded to the...
6612656 Wheel mounting apparatus  
A wheel mounting apparatus includes a wheel hub flange having a wheel mounting portion to be connected to a wheel, and having a hub mounting portion to be connected to a wheel hub. Alternatively,...
6578678 Splash shield with vanes for disc brake rotor cooling  
A splash shield for a vehicle wheel disc brake assembly is provided. Each wheel disc brake assembly includes a brake rotor having an inner brake surface and a splash shield. The splash shield...
6550590 Doubled vented cooling vane disk brake rotor  
A brake rotor has double annular vents with cooling vanes connecting inboard and outboard cheeks of a rotor to a central support ring. Each of the annular vents provides separate passages for...
6530457 Bicycle brake disk with arms connecting an inner annular portion to an outer annular portion and tangent to an effective circle  
A one-piece brake disk for a vehicle includes a radially inner annular portion having a plurality of circumferentially located mounting holes defining a mounting circle; a radially outer annular...
6446766 Disk brake for motor vehicles and the like  
A functionally excellent and structurally simple disk brake with a caliper body formed as a single part constituted by a hub-side elongate element, by a wheel-side elongate element, and by...
6419056 Apparatus for aircraft brake thermal management  
Apparatus for aircraft brake thermal management including heat shields made of one or more insulating pouches of metallic foil having ceramic fibers or other appropriate insulation therein. The...
6357563 Brake assembly with air cooling system  
A vehicle braking system includes a device for cooling the components of the brake assembly. The air source that is normally used to activate the brake assembly components is coupled with a...
6325185 Brake disc rotor  
Disclosed is a brake disc rotor comprising a first disc plate, a second disc plate facing the first disc plate, a plurality of fins arranged in the radial direction of the brake disc rotor between...
6318511 Disk brake with high thermal resistance  
The friction device comprises a non-rotary casing (50) in the form of a cage in which there are received a thrust structure (30), a set of friction disks (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) on a common axis, and...
6315091 Brake cooling system  
The present invention provides a brake cooling system for cooling vehicle brakes having a fascia for mounting in a front area of the vehicle. The fascia has at least one aperture therein for...
6286639 Serrated tuned brake drum  
A brake drum has an axially extending cylindrical flange formed with a radially outer surface and a radially inner braking surface. To reduce, if not entirely eliminate brake drum howling and...
6260669 Brake rotor with airflow director  
A vented disc brake rotor having an airflow director for funneling air into the braking plate vents thereby improving the cooling effectiveness of the rotor. The vented disc brake rotor includes...
6257674 Wheel hub for a vehicle wheel  
Wheel hub for a vehicle wheel, comprising a bearing portion (1) with bearing seats (5, 6), a rim mounting flange (2) and a carrier portion (3) for a brake disc (20). The bearing portion and the...
6234282 Brake disk for a motor vehicle  
A brake disk for a motor vehicle, particularly made of a fiber-glass-reinforced material, includes two disk elements with ribs forming air ducts, which can be connected with one another. The ribs...
6193023 Rotor with alternate rib designs  
The invention is directed to a brake rotor including a central hat section, a peripheral annular friction section having a pair of annular spaced apart friction plates, and plurality of posts...
6164423 Vented rotor for caliper disc brakes and the like  
A vented rotor for caliper disc brakes and the like includes an outer friction portion having two ring sections with a plurality of radially extending ribs extending therebetween. The ribs include...
6119820 Ventilated brake disc  
A disc brake rotor (10; 50) provides two oppositely-facing annular friction surfaces (20, 22). The rotor (10; 50) comprises a first portion (16) which provides one of said annular surfaces (20),...
6116387 Disc brake rotor  
A disc brake rotor comprises mounting portion, a first friction portion which provides an annular friction surface, a second friction portion which provides the other of annular friction surface, a...
6098764 Shaft brake disk for rail vehicle disk brake systems and method of making same  
In a brake disk for rail vehicle brake systems, a friction ring is made of a light metal such as aluminum (aluminum alloys), etc. to reduce weight. In order to reduce the weight further by...
6056089 Brake device  
5980407 Sprocket and brake disc having a function to prevent a warpage  
A rotary member in the form of a sprocket or a brake disc for transmitting a drive force or brake force, the rotary member having an annular hub portion arranged on a center side, an annular ring...
5850895 Metallic aircraft brake disk having thermal relief slots  
A metallic aircraft brake disk having thermal relief slots therein is provided. The brake disk is of an annular shape with force bearing slots in one of the circumferential surfaces thereof to...
5826685 Cooling spoke arrangement for a brake disc  
A brake disk is described for attachment to rotating machinery to retard the rotating machinery. The disc has a hub for attachment to the rotating machinery. The hub is structurally connected by...
5823303 Brake disc  
A brake disc has friction ring (4) and a bearing part (1) coupled to the friction ring (4) by linking elements (3). Several linking elements designed as pins, bolts (3) or the like distributed...
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...
5655637 Automotive clutch with improved heat shield  
There is disclosed an improved automotive clutch having a pressure ring, preferably formed of aluminum, with a heat shield that includes a thin outer metallic ring, preferably of steel, which is...
5551761 Vehicle wheel and brake assembly with enhanced convective heat transfer  
A vehicle wheel for supporting a tire and attached to a brake drum having a multiplicity of pin-fins extending from a surface of the wheel to increase the surface area available for convective heat...
5544726 Brake rotor with flow through ventilation  
A low mass brake rotor apparatus with flow through ventilation is disclosed for enhanced cooling performance and improved resistances to thermal distortion. The brake rotor apparatus comprises...
5474161 Rotor for a disc brake assembly and method of making same  
A rotor for a disc brake assembly includes a centrally disposed hub and at least one friction surface disposed annularly about the hub, the friction surface including a single continuous spiral...
5460249 Ventilated-type disc rotor  
A ventilated-type disc rotor free from thermal deformation at the time of braking operation, generation of cracks and the phenomenon of brake jadder is provided. An inner end of a rib continuously...
5429214 Ventilated brake disc with transverse recesses in radially extending ribs  
A ventilated brake disc for rail vehicles of a divided or undivided design is provided. The brake disc comprises a brake ring with ribs connected to the hub. Projections for fastening the brake...
5425435 Brake system for drilling equipment  
A brake system for controlling a winch cable for an oil well drilling or servicing operation includes a main external contracting band brake for stopping the cable and an auxiliary disk brake for...
5421438 Clutch having hydrodynamic cooling of pressure plate  
An improved friction assembly includes a pressure plate having a plurality of axially extending vanes which extend substantially from an inner diameter to an outer diameter of the pressure plate....
5383537 Brake drum having an extension ring with chill fins and cooling fins formed thereon  
A cylindrical brake drum including a flanged end and an open end having a radially extending annular extension ring acting as a squealer band and a multiplicity of chill fins irregularly spaced one...
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