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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:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas R Verner, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kenneth S Towers, Royal Oak, MI (US);
William C Eddy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gary L Casey, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Allied-Signal Inc., Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1881 / ; 1881 / ; 188363 ;
Abstract
A parking brake system comprising a drum brake (200) comprising two shoes (206) outwardly movable relative to a friction surface of a drum (224); an activation device (220, 222) for generating an activation force to move the shoes outwardly to a first position into contact with the drum sufficiently to prevent the drum; a solenoid activated linkage mechanism (230, 240; 322, 352) is provided for maintaining the shoes substantially in the first position.