Abstract:
In an emergency and parking mechanical control braking system there is inserted a heavy resilient means between the control lever or pedal and the mechanical braking mechanism of the brakes. Such resilient means is used to store energy restituted to apply the brakes when they are no longer hydraulically applied. The invention applies notably to braking systems comprising tilting caliper disc brakes.
Abstract:
A parking actuator for a disc brake is disclosed which includes a pair of relatively rotatable actuating members. Oppositely facing recesses having inclined sides are provided in each of the members, and force-transmitting elements are received in these recesses. One of the members carries a nut which advances into engagement with the actuating piston of the brake when the one member is rotated relative to the brake housing. When a parking application is effected, the one member is first rotated relative to the housing to move the nut into engagement with the piston, whereupon the other member is rotated relative to the one member to drive the force-transmitting elements up the sides of the recesses to urge the one member and the piston in a brakeapplying direction.
Abstract:
A tandem hydraulic brake actuator having in a bore a brake actuating piston responsive to a first hydraulic control pressure, a floating piston responsive to the pressure differential between said first and second control pressures so as to move said control piston in a brake-applying direction in the event of a failure in said first control pressure, a slack adjuster operatively provided between said pistons and means operative to prevent actuation of said floating piston as long as the pressure differential acting thereon is below a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A drum brake is disclosed which includes a lever pivotally attached to one of the shoes. The lever has a hooked end which is attached to one end of a return spring which is stretched between the shoes. A cam member is rotatably mounted on the one shoe and includes an eccentric mounted thereon which engages a slot in the lever. Rotation of the cam member moves the lever from a first position in which the return spring is relaxed to a second position in which the spring is stressed to exert a force on the shoes. The cam member is accessible from the exterior of the brake so that an appropriate tool may be used to rotate the cam member.