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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Dairokuno, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 74 ; 188 / ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A tube-pressed brake band is arranged between inner and outer rings having a common center to stop rotation of one of the inner and outer rings as a counterpart by inflating a ring-shaped tube, which is inflatable in a radial direction of the brake band, into engagement with the counterpart. The tube-pressed brake band has a ring-shaped strap arranged between the counterpart and the tube and relative to an angular direction, is fixed at an end thereof on the other one of the inner and outer rings.