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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:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger C Rodriguez, Winchester, VA (US);
Donald P Johnson, Winchester, VA (US);
Assignee:
Abex Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188-111 ; 1882 / ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A brake block for automotive drum brake systems having a visible wear indicator indicating the remaining usable thickness of the brake block. The wear indicator may be molded or machined into the side of the brake block and also may indicate where the tops of the fasteners for the brake block are located when fasteners are used to affix the brake block to a backing plate.