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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:
Jun. 14, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Irving R Ritsema, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 192 / ; 303 13 ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
A brake system for a vehicle having front wheel drive includes a parking brake assembly (58, 60) comprising a band brake which is engageable with an existing universal joint (62, 64). The parking brake is independent from a pair of front brake assemblies 30 and a pair of rear brake assemblies 34. Each band brake is independently operated via cables (44, 46) so that failure of one band or cable does not affect the parking brake operation for the other band or cable.