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US3111198A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Automatic brake adjuster for spot-type, lever actuated disc brakes

Assignee: Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd
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Filing: 1962-02-07
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Granted: 1963-11-19
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Expires: 1982-02-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hodkinson Harold

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:07
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D65/00; F16D65/38; F16D65/40; F16D65/52; F16D65/56; F16D65/567; F16D55/00; F16D55/02; F16D55/22; F16D55/224; F16D55/2245; F16D2125/00; F16D2125/18; F16D2125/58; F16D2125/64; F16D2125/68

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A DISC BRAKE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DISC, A NONROTATABLE SUPPORT, A PAIR OF PRESSURE PLATES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID NON-ROTATABLE SUPPORT AND EXTENDING CHORDALLY OF SAID DISC TO PROJECT BEYOND THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF, A PAIR OF AXIALLY-OPPOSED FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLIES DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE PRESSURE PLATES, A BIFURCATED OPERATING LEVER PIVOTED AT ITS END TO THE PROJECTING END OF ONE PRESSURE PLATE, A TRUNNION BLOCK TRUNNIONED IN THE BIFURCATION ADJACENT THE PIVOTED END THEREOF, A TIEBAR SECURED TO THE PROJECTING END OF THE OTHER PRESSURE PLATE AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE PLANE OF THE DISC TO PASS THROUGH THE TRUNNION BLOCK AND HAVING A THREADED PORTION PROJECTING BEYOND SAID TRUNNION BLOCK, A NUT THREADED ONTO SAID THREADED PORTION OF SAID TIE-BAR ADJACENT SAID TRUNNION BLOCK AND FORMED ON ITS OUTER PERIPHERY AS A RATCHET, A PAWL CARRIER ENCIRCLING THE NUT AND MOVABLE CIR-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A DISC BRAKE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DISC, A NONROTATABLE SUPPORT, A PAIR OF PRESSURE PLATES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID NON-ROTATABLE SUPPORT AND EXTENDING CHORDALLY OF SAID DISC TO PROJECT BEYOND THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF, A PAIR OF AXIALLY-OPPOSED FRICTION PAD ASSEMBLIES DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE PRESSURE PLATES, A BIFURCATED OPERATING LEVER PIVOTED AT ITS END TO THE PROJECTING END OF ONE PRESSURE PLATE, A TRUNNION BLOCK TRUNNIONED IN THE BIFURCATION ADJACENT THE PIVOTED END THEREOF, A TIEBAR SECURED TO THE PROJECTING END OF THE OTHER PRESSURE PLATE AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE PLANE OF THE DISC TO PASS THROUGH THE TRUNNION BLOCK AND HAVING A THREADED PORTION PROJECTING BEYOND SAID TRUNNION BLOCK, A NUT THREADED ONTO SAID THREADED PORTION OF SAID TIE-BAR ADJACENT SAID TRUNNION BLOCK AND FORMED ON ITS OUTER PERIPHERY AS A RATCHET, A PAWL CARRIER ENCIRCLING THE NUT AND MOVABLE CIR-

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-11-18 1967-05-20 1967-11-19 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-11-18 1971-05-20 1971-11-19 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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