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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:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Bair, Plainwell, MI (US);
Ralph A Lindgren, Jr, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1882 / ; 301-691 ;
Abstract
A drum brake spring clip dampener for reducing the level of brake squeal noise where the spring clip dampener includes a leaf spring disposed into a gap formed between a wheel rim and the outer surface of an annular brake drum where the leaf spring is held in position by a holding clip extending from the leaf spring center section over a squealer band to engage the inner face of the squealer band with a hook section where the spring clip dampener introduces a separation force and increased vibration dampening.