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8181753 Brake drum with vent hole and cooling scoop  
One embodiment of a brake drum includes a cylindrical main body portion, a brake drum mounting flange portion, a brake drum transition portion, the brake drum transition portion extending between...
8167098 Brake dust collecting device for motor vehicles  
A brake dust collecting device for a motor vehicle has a dust collecting unit and an air flow generating device that generates an air flow that flows across brake parts of a motor vehicle wheel...
8136643 Locomotive dynamic braking grid package configuration  
In a locomotive having a dynamic braking capability, a method for maintaining an airflow path to a resistive grid disposed within a resistive grid enclosure having an enclosure inlet and an...
8033321 Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing  
A heat exchanger comprising at least one pipe (1) and at least one lamina (2), for exchanging heat between a first coolant that flows through the pipe (1) and a second coolant that wets the heat...
8006813 Method and arrangement for machine cooling  
A method of controlling the temperature of a brake arrangement for a machine is disclosed. The method includes providing a flow of pressurized fluid to the brake arrangement and sensing a first...
7963376 System for cooling a disc brake rotor and collecting brake pad waste  
The present invention is a system which improves the airflow in a disc braking system by using impellers which are powered by a drive shaft that is rotated via a roller that is contacted with the...
7959237 Brake booster supplied by an air conditioning circuit  
The invention relates to a braking device for a motor vehicle fitted with an air conditioning circuit (K), this braking device comprising a source of fluid (F1) at a relatively high pressure, a...
7950505 Mechanically ventilated disc brake rotor  
A mechanically ventilated disc brake rotor has internally housed centrifugal fan impeller rotates freely at one direction and engages with brake rotor in other direction with use of single...
7905335 Brake pad cooling apparatus and method  
An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a brake cooling apparatus and method in which heat is conducted from a brake pad to a heat dissipating portion through a heat...
7721855 Locomotive dynamic braking grid package configuration  
In a locomotive having a dynamic braking capability, a method for maintaining an airflow path to a resistive grid disposed within a resistive grid enclosure having an enclosure inlet and an...
7617914 Lightweight brake drum with centerline squealer band  
A brake drum that converts kinetic and potential energy into frictional heat without developing destructively high temperatures and provides such performance at a reduced weight with an increase in...
7614485 Disk brake comprising a cooling member  
The invention relates to a disk brake, especially for a motor vehicle, comprising a rotatably mounted brake disk and at least one brake lining that is disposed in a caliper and is mounted so as to...
7353920 Fluid cooled brake housing  
A housing (10) for a braking system (56) comprises a casing (12) defining a cavity (14) for housing one or more friction pads (15). The casing (12) is composed of a plurality of separate walls...
7325659 Drum brake  
An improved drum brake includes a drum having an outer generally cylindrical circumferential wall having an inner braking surface and a side wall plate mounted on and extending between the inner...
7114598 Brake cooling mechanism of four-wheeled vehicle  
A brake cooling system for a four-wheeled drive automobile effectively releases frictional heat generated in a braking apparatus from a surface of a casing of the braking apparatus, and has enough...
7073875 Brake fluid circulation  
A brake circuit has a brake connected with a master cylinder via a brake application line. The brake master cylinder has a first chamber in which brake fluid is pressurized on movement of a first...
7000743 Brake shoe assembly having a corrosion reducing lining  
A brake shoe assembly provides a plurality of drain openings located through a brake shoe table which correspond with drain openings in a brake lining. The aligned drain openings provide an...
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...
6899783 Method of manufacturing friction plate for wet clutch  
In order to manufacture a friction plate for a wet clutch including a core plate and a friction member bonded to at least one of annular flat surfaces of the core plate, each friction member...
6896108 System for controlling the temperature of a vehicle driveline component utilizing forced air flow  
A system for controlling the temperature of a vehicle driveline component assembly includes using forced air to cool lubricant within the assembly. As heat builds up during braking applications,...
6851649 Methods and systems for controlling wheel brakes on aircraft and other vehicles  
Methods and systems for controlling wheel brakes on aircraft and other vehicles. In one embodiment, a method for slowing a vehicle on the ground can include applying a first brake to a first wheel...
6769519 Flange lubricator attachment to a composite brake shoe  
A device for lubricating a flange portion of a railroad wheel attachable to a composition brake shoe. The device comprises at least one lubricating member formed from a polymer based compound...
6702074 Brake heat reducing system  
The present invention provides a brake heat reducing system for reducing the temperature of brake components in vehicles, the brake heat reducing system cooperating with the braking system of the...
6698557 Brake drum cooling apparatus  
A brake drum assembly includes an impeller and stator that help cool the brake drum. The impeller and stator combination are especially suited for low-speed vehicle operations. The impeller...
6679357 Brake assembly with cooling fins  
A brake drum includes a plurality of ribs formed on an outer surface with each rib extending about the circumference of the drum. Recesses are formed between the ribs that also extend about the...
6651786 Band brake assembly  
A band brake drum assembly (50) is provided and includes a brake band member (52), a generally round and/or cylindrical and brake drum (54) which is disposed concentric to band (52), and an input...
6484853 Single sided friction assembly compensating for thermal distortions  
A single sided friction assembly is provided in which an annular ring of friction material is provided on only one side of a relatively heat conductive metallic core plate, with the rings facing...
6478252 Aircraft braking systems  
An aircraft braking system for a main undercarriage or undercarriages incorporates at least two brakes, which may be carbon type brakes, and a control unit for selectively disabling at least one...
6446765 Device for fixing a ventilated brake disk axially on the hub of a motor vehicle wheel  
An axial fixing device for axially fixing an annular brake disk on a wheel hub of a motor vehicle, the annular brake disk having the same axis of rotation as the hub and including radial...
6415894 Parking brake  
A parking brake for vehicles, which guarantees safe parking from the very first time it is actuated, comprises a drum and at least one shoe intended to press against a cylindrical surface formed on...
6386340 Motorcycle wheel brake mechanism  
A brake disc for a wheel constituted by a peripheral section, forming a brake band with an interior form enabling it to be fitted to its wheel, the brake band forms two lateral flat and parallel...
6371259 Drum brake structure for a wheel of all-terrain vehicle  
A real wheel is fitted directly to the brake drum, and cooling fins are provided at the outer surface of the brake drum for dissipating heat. A seal member is fitted to an open edge of the brake...
6321880 Detachable fluid cooling system for bicycle disc brake  
A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a detachable cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston...
6318510 Electronically controlled ventilation system for a disk brake  
An electronically controlled ventilation system for a disk brake is provided, particularly in the case of a vehicle, in which a brake disk to be ventilated is arranged in the course of a flow duct....
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...
6283433 Method and apparatus for mounting articles  
The invention is an apparatus and method of fixing relatively loose multipage articles such as magazines to a back board. A band (16) is passed between pages of the article (10) and the ends (26)...
6260911 Air duct for cooling rotating tires  
An air duct for cooling rotating tires that broadly funnels or directs air up and into the face of an air fender or rotating tire. The air duct comprises a depending wall having an upper and a...
6209690 Load brake  
A load brake having a load shaft, a flange-like pressure plate fixedly mounted onto the load shaft, and a cogwheel arranged on the load shaft. A tension device produces an axial motion and force in...
6206150 Composite brake drum having a balancing skirt  
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...
6203649 Method of manufacturing a flat friction ring  
There is described a method of manufacturing a flat friction ring which consists of a supporting ring (1) and a friction lining (2) provided on at least one side of the supporting ring and at least...
6186285 Wet disc brake  
A brake arrangement for a vehicle adapted for connection to an axle end. The brake arrangement includes a rotor disc adapted, in use, to rotate with the axle end and a stationary housing enclosing...
6095291 Bearing-and-brake-member assembly for motor vehicles, provided with an intermediate connection element between the bearing and the brake member  
A disc or drum brake member is usually connected to the flange of the bearing of a motor vehicle wheel; possible manufacturing errors in the flange of the bearing, and/or the brake member cause, on...
6045197 Aftercooler with thermostatically controlled bypass  
A cooler for air in a pneumatic brake system which includes a thermostatically controlled bypass is provided. The cooler includes a chamber which has an air inlet, an air outlet and a cooler...
5964323 Brake drum cooling device  
A brake drum cooling device for forcing air across the exterior surface of a brake drum when the brake drum rotates, thereby dissipating heat therefrom, includes an elongated band secured in an...
5890983 Cooling apparatus of a gear transmission having an electromagnetic clutch  
A cooling structure of a power transmission apparatus is provided. The power transmission apparatus has an electromagnetic clutch including a fixed outer member with an exciting coil and a rotary...
5855264 Vehicle transmission system fitted with an electrical retarder  
A vehicle transmission system comprises a shaft and an electrical eddy current retarder itself comprising an annular inductor stator and a rotor. The rotor is connected to the shaft via independent...
5826684 Brake drum having ribs on drum outer surface  
An improved structure for a brake drum adapted for use in a drum brake assembly includes a generally closed outer end, a generally axially extending cylindrical main body, and an open inner end....
5560325 Device for cooling the compressed brake air for an internal combustion engine  
Device for cooling a medium, preferably compressed air, used for braking a motor vehicle. A fan ring around the fan comprises at least one peripheral cooling duct extending along the fan ring. The...
5538113 Brake drum having irregularly spaced chill fins extending from a squealer band  
A cylindrical brake drum including a flanged end and an open end having a squealer band in the shape of an annular ring and a multiplicity of chill fins irregularly spaced one to another and/or...
5474160 Ring brake and caliper cooled by air flow  
The present invention relates to ring brake arrangements and in particular to an effective arrangement for cooling of the brake. Heat is effectively rendered from the ring braking member by a...
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