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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:
Apr. 03, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael A Kluger, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ;
Abstract
A drum brake assembly includes a backing plate which supports a pair of brake shoes and a hydraulic actuator is engageable with the pair of brake shoes to urge the latter into braking engagement with a drum. An adjuster also engages the pair of brake shoes to maintain a running clearance between the drum and the pair of brake shoes. A cable between the backing plate and the adjuster connects with one of the pair of brake shoes in order to actuate the adjuster when the one brake shoe moves relative to the backing plate. The connection between the cable and one brake shoe is provided by a grooved-arcuate tab integrally formed from the one brake shoe.