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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph A. Kay, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/900 ;
Abstract
Shoe and lining assemblies for use in disc brakes are disclosed that have centroids of the backing plate halves which are very close to the centroids of the actuator pistons. In this way, the forces from the pistons are evenly distributed across the backing plate surface area to result in better braking operation.