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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Branham, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Venkat R Garlapaty, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
David W Berg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Tol-O-Matic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 188 / ; 188 / ; 401-1 ;
Abstract
A combination wheel brake assembly for connection with a wheel or other rotatable element comprising a rotatable axle, a spring applied, hydraulically released brake assembly, a wheel hub rotatably supported on the axle and adapted for connection with the wheel and free wheeling hub mechanism for selectively rendering the wheel hub free wheeling to permit the wheel to be freely rotated despite a loss or failure of hydraulic pressure and despite braking engagement of the braking elements.