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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:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William K Messersmith, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Allied Corporation, Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ; F16D / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188331 ; 73129 ; 1881 / ; 188216 ; 192 / ; 192 / ; 192 / ;
Abstract
The improved release mechanism comprises a load sensor (50, 51, 150, 250, 350, 450) connected with a wheel brake (10, 110) to sense a change in wheel braking torque and communicate responsively with a mechanical brake control device (200) or a braking assistance servo-motor system (310, 320; 410, 420) which releases the brakes when the vehicle commences acceleration along an incline.