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US3094193A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Disc brakes

Assignee: Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd
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Filing: 1957-06-25
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Granted: 1963-06-18
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Expires: 1977-06-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Dowell Frederick Sidney

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 21:19
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D55/00; F16D55/24; F16D55/26; F16D55/36; F16D55/40; F16D2055/0004; F16D2055/0058

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A DISC BRAKE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DISC SLIDABLE AXIALLY ON A ROTATABLE MEMBER TO BE BRAKED, A NON-ROTATABLE FRICTION MEMBER ADJACENT TO ONE RADIAL SIDE OF SAID ROTATABLE DISC, MEANS FOR APPLYING BRAKING PRESSURE TO SAID FRICTION MEMBER, A NON-ROTATABLE RIGID ANNULAR PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT AND SAID ROTATABLE DISC AND SIDE OF SAID DISC, AN ANNULAR CARRIER PLATE BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT AND SAID ROTATABLE DISC AND HAVING A PLANE SURFACE FACING AND PARALLEL TO THE RADIAL SIDE OF SAID DISC, A FRICTION PAD SECURED TO THE FACE OF SAID CARRIER PLATE OPPOSED TO SAID DISC, AND AN ANNULAR THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER TO BE SECURED AT ITS INNER PERIPHERY TO A FIXED PART OF SAID BRAKE AND AT ITS OUTER PERIPHERY ENGAGING SAID ANNULAR PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT ON A CIRCLE COINCIDING SUBSTANTIALLY WITH A CIRCLE OF PRESSURE DEVELOPED BY ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FRICTION MEMBER AND SAID FRICTION PAD WITH SAID ROTATING DISC, THE PORTION OF SAID THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER AT SAID OUTER PERIPHERY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID AND THE PORTION BETWEEN THE OUTER AND INNER PERIPHERIES OF SAID THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER BEING SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO YIELD BETWEEN THESE PERIPHERIES UNDER THE THRUST OF THE BRAKE APPLYING FORCE TO
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A DISC BRAKE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DISC SLIDABLE AXIALLY ON A ROTATABLE MEMBER TO BE BRAKED, A NON-ROTATABLE FRICTION MEMBER ADJACENT TO ONE RADIAL SIDE OF SAID ROTATABLE DISC, MEANS FOR APPLYING BRAKING PRESSURE TO SAID FRICTION MEMBER, A NON-ROTATABLE RIGID ANNULAR PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT AND SAID ROTATABLE DISC AND SIDE OF SAID DISC, AN ANNULAR CARRIER PLATE BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT AND SAID ROTATABLE DISC AND HAVING A PLANE SURFACE FACING AND PARALLEL TO THE RADIAL SIDE OF SAID DISC, A FRICTION PAD SECURED TO THE FACE OF SAID CARRIER PLATE OPPOSED TO SAID DISC, AND AN ANNULAR THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER TO BE SECURED AT ITS INNER PERIPHERY TO A FIXED PART OF SAID BRAKE AND AT ITS OUTER PERIPHERY ENGAGING SAID ANNULAR PRESSURE TRANSMITTING ELEMENT ON A CIRCLE COINCIDING SUBSTANTIALLY WITH A CIRCLE OF PRESSURE DEVELOPED BY ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FRICTION MEMBER AND SAID FRICTION PAD WITH SAID ROTATING DISC, THE PORTION OF SAID THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER AT SAID OUTER PERIPHERY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID AND THE PORTION BETWEEN THE OUTER AND INNER PERIPHERIES OF SAID THRUST RECEIVING MEMBER BEING SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO YIELD BETWEEN THESE PERIPHERIES UNDER THE THRUST OF THE BRAKE APPLYING FORCE TO

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-06-17 1966-12-17 1967-06-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-06-17 1970-12-17 1971-06-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-06-17 1974-12-17 1975-06-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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