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7322447 Disc brake and monitoring device for such a disc brake  
A disc brake has a brake disc and a brake caliper spanning the brake disc. A brake applicator shaft is supported on the brake caliper and arranged transversely to an axis of rotation of the brake...
7182178 Brake caster with stroke adjustment mechanism  
Disclosed is a brake caster with stroke adjustment mechanism, including a retainer, a king pin, a catch spring, a catch/release button, a plunger block, and a brake pad. The upper part of the king...
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...
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...
7070025 Drum brake apparatus  
An automatic clearance adjusting device 10 that automatically adjusts the position of brake shoes ( 3, 4 ) based on the wear includes an adjuster gear that is rotatably depending on the amount of...
6929102 Method for actuating a wheel brake device  
The invention relates to a method for actuating a wheel brake assembly, in particular an electromechanical wheel brake assembly ( 10 ) or a mechanical system involving friction and having spring...
6763919 Dual mode drum brake device  
A dual mode drum brake device of this invention is subject to lightning and low-cost without over braking during the parking brake operation. Pistons 10, 11 in a cylinder device 9 push and...
6684986 Adjuster mechanism for a drum brake  
An adjuster mechanism in a drum brake wherein a rotation of a star wheel on a shaft of an extendable strut is limited to a single increment define the pitch of a plurality of teeth on the star...
6679356 Brake caliper backdrive apparatus and method  
The invention provides a brake caliper backdrive apparatus and method of backdriving a brake caliper. The apparatus includes a brake caliper, a motor including a shaft operably attached to the...
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...
6651789 Limiter means for a release spring of a brake cable  
A drum-in-hat park brake assembly for a vehicle wherein first and second brake shoes are retained and aligned on a backing plate by first and second pins. The first and second shoes are moved into...
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...
6619441 Conical brake assembly  
A brake assembly utilizes a conical brake drum and matching conical brake lining assembly to provide a more efficient braking system. An adjuster mechanism with a pair of conical adjuster members...
6460660 Parking brake for drum type brakes with electronic lining wear sensor and adjuster  
A parking brake assembly for an automotive drum brake is provided. The parking brake assembly replaces a conventional mechanical strut with an electronic strut actuator subassembly that provides...
6454057 Brake cylinder  
A brake cylinder device with an effective adjustment bolt processing and with an improved air bleeding effect, wherein an adjustment bolt ( 40 ) as a component of an automatic shoe clearance...
6435322 Duo two leading type drum brake device  
A small diameter duo two leading type drum brake that can mount a built-in parking brake mechanism. The brake has a link mechanism that includes a pivot lever that is rotatably and pivotally...
6408992 Stainless steel brake star adjuster  
An adjuster for establishing the non-braking position of a vehicular brake pad assembly which takes the form of a shaft that is mounted in a sleeve with the inner end of the shaft to threadably...
6394237 Automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake  
It is an object of this invention to provide an automatic shoe clearance adjustment device for a drum brake mechanism designed to improve its durability by eliminating a gap, which is caused due to...
6374962 Drum brake with dual-actuation  
A drum brake assembly ( 10 ) having first ( 12 ) and second ( 14 ) brake shoes retained on a backing plate ( 16 ). Each of the first ( 12 ) and second ( 14 ) brake shoes have an end ( 22,24 )...
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...
6230853 Drum brake device  
A single shoe drum brake device which provides stable braking effect by tending to equalize the braking effect when the vehicle is moving forward and backward without losing self-servo property...
6213258 Drum brake using automatic compensation for clearance and selective inhibition  
A drum brake having an adjustable-length strut (6) to compensate for clearance due to wear between first (21a) and second (22a) friction members and a drum (1). The adjustment being achieved by the...
6206148 Drum brake with duo-actuation  
A drum brake assembly (10) having first (12) and second (14) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (16). The first (12) and second (14) brake shoes have a first end (22,24) aligned on a hydraulic...
6119822 Drum brake with rack and pinion drive  
A drum brake assembly as provided with a rack and pinion actuator. The rack and pinion actuator includes a pinion gear driving a pair of racks, with the racks driving the brake shoes into...
6050371 Unit for a drum brake and drum brake equipped with same  
A structural unit for a drum brake comprises at least one brake shoe (12) and an adjusting device (32) which comprises an adjusting strut (34), a ratchet-detent wheel mechanism and an adjusting...
5913390 Electro-mechanical actuator for a drum brake  
A drum brake (10) having first (14) and second (16) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (20) and moved into engagement with a drum (18) to effect a brake application corresponding to a desired...
5718308 Automatic brake-adjusting device  
An automatic brake-adjusting device, and particularly an automatic brake-adjusting device to be used in a trailer, and the device comprises an outer case, a ratchet, a pawl, a pulling bar, a...
5477945 Drum brake arrangement for vehicle axles  
A drum brake arrangement for vehicle axles has an axle body and a support plate connected thereto. A bearing lever is fixed to the support plate. A brake camshaft has a first and a second end and...
5456338 Brake drum providing access to brake adjuster  
An improved drum brake assembly in which brake shoes are mounted on a backing plate and coact with a rotating brake drum mounted on an axle and in which a mechanical brake adjuster has a movable...
5411119 Internal shoe-drum brake adjuster cam with leverage projections for brake disengagement  
An internal shoe-drum type brake has a pair of shoes separable by an actuator into braking engagement with a brake drum. An automatic adjuster includes a two-part strut extending between the shoes,...
5398790 Internal shoe drum brake  
An internal shoe drum brake has a pair of brake shoes mounted on a backplate with one pair of adjacent shoe ends in sliding engagement with an abutment fixed to or integral with the backplate. An...
5388671 Adjusting and centering mechanism on the sliding advance lock of a servo drum brake  
An adjusting and centering mechanism for a sliding advance lock of a servo drum brake, has a pawl drive which cooperates with toothed adjusting wheels. The pawl drive is actuated when the sliding...
5366280 Method of adaptively homing brake actuators  
A method of controlling an electric brake having an actuator controllable for moving brake pads against and away from a friction brake surface comprising the steps of (i) retracting a brake...
5207299 Brake slack adjuster with electronic control and distance sensors  
A brake actuating device is furnished with a device for slack readjustment of a brake, in particular of a vehicle brake. Defects in the area of the slack readjustment device can result in an...
5195617 Brake linkage self-adjustment mechanism  
A self-adjustment mechanism for a brake system includes a first sprag clutch seated in a support. An eccentric serves as an inner race for the first sprag clutch and as an outer race for a second...
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...
5042623 Combined parking brake lever and adjuster in a drum brake  
A duo servo drum brake assembly having a parking brake actuating lever combined with an automatic brake adjuster strut, the combined lever and strut engaging adjacent ends of the brake shoes of the...
4895226 Vehicle automatic slack adjuster  
An automatic slack adjuster for over-the-road vehicle brakes is adapted to be mounted between the brake chamber and brake operating shaft, for example an operating shaft known as an S cam shaft....
4842104 Internal shoe drum brake  
An internal shoe drum brake has a pair of shoes (1, 2) mounted on a backplate (3), and a mechanical shoe-expansion mechanism which includes a lever (9) movable angularly in a plane parallel to the...
4828078 Automatic gap-adjusting brake  
This invention is a device for automatically adjusting the gap between a brake lining and a brake disk or drum. The gap can therefore be within the specified range for optimum braking performance,...
4825979 Brake adjuster  
A brake adjuster for the automatic adjustment of vehicle brakes during the brake application stroke has a lever (13) which is connected to a brake cylinder (2) via a piston rod (1) and, via a slack...
4802559 Hydropneumatic brake actuator arranged to maintain a constant brake shoe clearance  
A hydraulic power unit for a hydropneumatic brake actuator having a power piston comprising a force piston formed with a bore therein and a take-up piston operative in the force piston bore for...
4760897 Spring for assembling a drum brake  
The assembly spring consists of a V-shaped elastic metal wire (R1), one end of one branch (61) of which forms a hook (71) which ensures the retention of the pivot (52) of the lever (50), the branch...
4753325 Parking brake assembly including automatic latching device associated with brake lever and cable, and method of connecting cable thereof  
A parking brake assembly comprising a pair of brake shoes pivotally mounted on a backing plate, a brake operating lever pivoted to the brake shoe and operable by a remote cable for pivoting the...
4749063 Brake clearance sensing and control system  
A brake clearance sensing and control system (60) is provided for controlling brake released clearance (c) between a frictional braking member (6) and a rotary brake surface (15). System (60)...
4742897 Wheel cylinder with self-contained auto-adjuster  
A self adjusting wheel cylinder for a drum brake including a brake drum and a brake shoe for exerting braking pressure on the drum with a shoe gap formed therebetween comprising a cylinder...
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...
4688661 Adjustable brake actuator, especially for vehicle drum brakes  
A casing (10) has a bore (14) and a clutch face (48) concentric with the bore. In the bore (14) a tappet (30) of variable length is slidably guided and includes two threaded members (34,36)...
4657119 Device for attaching a component of a strut incorporating an automatic adjustment device for a shoe of a drum brake  
The attachment device incorporates a bearing zone (78) and a projection (80) formed in the web (16) of a shoe of a drum brake. A portion (68) of the component (46) to be attached to the shoe is...
4640400 Automatic wear compensation mechanism  
An automatic wear compensation mechanism is provided for a clutch. The mechanism regulates the return position of any of the pressure plates and the intermediate plate of the clutch and restricts...
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