Abstract: A self adjusting wheel cylinder for a drum brake including a brake drum and a brake shoe for exerting braking pressure on the drum with a shoe gap formed therebetween comprising a cylinder including an opening therein, hydraulic piston slidably mounted in the opening for activating the brake shoe upon movement in one direction, and for releasing the brake shoe upon movement in the other direction, and multiple adjusting screws within the cylinder for automatically adjusting the limit of movement of the piston in response to changes in the shoe gap of the brake, the multiple adjusting screws including a spindle having external screw-threads on both ends, the spindle is threadably mounted within the piston to one end thereof, and has a pair of multiple drive screws on the other end of the spindle for defining a fixed movement limit of the piston.

Abstract: A pad is engaged by a rotor by hydraulic pressure whereas another pad is engaged by the rotor on the other side thereof by a pair of pawls of the caliper under reaction. The reaction of the caliper is imparted to the other pad in a plane where a pair of the pawls of the caliper are opposed to the other pad and in a position at the marginal edges of the other pad, thereby minimizing squeal when the brake is applied.

Abstract: An automatic stop valve device adapted to be mounted in the fluid pressure brake system of a vehicle and having a valve mechanism capable of being shifted between an open and a closed state and operative by closing to maintain fluid pressure in the system to hold the brakes in an applied condition. An electromagnetic mechanism having a coil and an armature actuated by the coil is capable of shifting the valve mechanism to its closed state. The electromagnetic mechanism is arranged to be energized to hold the brakes in the applied condition when a moving vehicle is brought to a stop, to maintain the valve mechanism closed while the vehicle remains stopped to hold the brakes in the applied condition and to open the valve mechanism when the operation of the vehicle resumes to release the brakes.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is an antilock system for use with an air brake system. The antilock system comprises a hydraulic cylinder mechanism which has a piston fitted therein and connected to the actuator rod of the air brake system. Further comprised is an oil pressure system for feeding an oil pressure to the hydraulic cylinder mechanism in response to a control signal detective of the locked state of a wheel or wheels, if any, to turn the brake arm, thereby to release the braking force.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a cabling structure of a parking cable for a drum brake which is equipped with a backing plate, a brake shoe and a parking lever. A pulley is hinged in a swinging manner to the backing plate or the brake shoe and is formed with two arcuate grooves having different radii measured from the hinging axis. First and second cables are hung in the two arcuate grooves, respectively, and are connected to a brake actuating mechanism and the parking lever, respectively. The direction of leading out the parking cable can be different from that of the force for pulling the parking lever without any breakage of the parking cable. The pulley may alternatively be formed with one arcuate groove. Then, the second cable connected to the parking lever is retained on the pulley such that it extends to partially contact with the first cable.

Abstract: A wheel lock prevention apparatus for use in a motor vehicle includes a main passage connected between a master cylinder and a brake unit for transmitting a brake fluid pressure, a first normally-open solenoid-operated valve disposed in the main passage, a reservoir mechanism for storing a brake fluid, a second normally-closed solenoid-operated valve having one end connected to the main passage between the brake unit and the first normally-open solenoid-operated valve and an opposite end to the reservoir mechanism, and a pump mechanism disposed between the reservoir mechanism and the brake unit for returning the brake fluid from the reservoir mechanism to the brake unit. The pump mechanism is actuated when there is no signal indicating wheel locking and there is a signal representative of a movement of a reservoir piston in the reservoir mechanism.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a vehicular anti-lock system of the type, in which a valve mechanism is disposed in a main passage which connects a master cylinder and a brake system such that its opening and closing operations are controlled by the movement of a control piston having its one end subjected to the pressure of the brake system. A fail-safe piston is made movable in a cylinder and has its one end engaging with the valve seat member of the valve mechanism and its other end connected with a liquid pressure source which is independent of the master cylinder. The control piston is made movable in the fail-safe piston and has its other end facing a control chamber. Between the liquid pressure source and the control chamber, there is connected a first valve which is adapted to be closed in response to a brake releasing signal. Between the control chamber and a reservoir, there is connected a second valve which is adapted to be opened in response to the brake releasing signal.

Abstract: This invention relate to an improvement of the resinous brake piston of disk type, particularly the synthetic thermosetting resin piston of disk type whose opening end is thermally reinforced by simultaneous casting of the heat-resistant material, so as to prevent the crack in the opening end of the piston even when it comes into direct contact with the back metal of the friction pad of high temperature in the disk brake.

Abstract: In a non-asbestos friction material comprising ferrous metal particle and/or ferrous metal fiber, organic dust, inorganic substance, lubricant, metal powder, fibrous reinforcing material and thermosetting resin, the friction material being characterized in containing 0.01-5.0 wt. % of at least one material selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borate, phosphoric acid and phosphate as an anticorrosive component. Further, in the non-asbestos friction material containing rubber, organic friction dust, inorganic powder, lubricant, non-ferrous metal powder and/or non-ferrous fiber, fibrous reinforcing material, thermosetting resin and other friction material, the friction material characterized in containing at least one material selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borate, phosphate acid and phosphate as an anti-corrosive component and containing no ferrous component.

Abstract: A friction material wherein a heat-resistant organic fiber, which is a carbon fiber and/or a phenol fiber less than 10 mm in length, is mixed in a composition of the friction material containing a ferrous fiber and formed with a thermosetting resin binder. In particular, a friction material for braking is formed from a composition containing 5-60 wt. % of a ferrous fiber, 0.3-20 wt. % of a carbon fiber and/or a phenol fiber of less than 10 mm in length, 0.5-15 wt. % of an organic dust, 2-20 wt. % of an inorganic filler, 5-25 wt. % of lubricant, 0.2-10 wt. % of an antimony trioxide, 0-20 wt. % of a metallic powder and 3-15 wt. % of a phenol binder under heat and pressure.

Abstract: In a drum brake, a wheel cylinder is located between a pair of adjacent shoe ends for a pair of brake shoes and a piston inserted into the wheel cylinder is slidably engaged through an anchor provided on a backing plate and further the piston is provided with a flange on the side thereof pressing a brake shoe so that the anchor is interposed between the flange of the piston and the wheel cylinder, and, furthermore, a strut is located between the other pair of adjacent shoe ends for the pair of the brake shoes in order to lighten a weight of the brake and facilitate a disassembly and assembly of the brake.

Abstract: A friction material of the present invention is directed to secure a required value of an initial effect and the following effects after a friction hysteresis during a brake operation by adding 20-60 wt. % of a high carbon iron powder instead of a ceramic powder in the conventional friction material and also succeed in improving a wear resistance at a high temperature by further adding 0.5-10.5 wt. % of antimony trioxide as a flame retarding material.

Abstract: A disc brake is provided with a fluid pressure operating mechanism for a service brake and concurrently with a mechanical operating mechanism for a parking brake. A parking lever of the parking brake is connected to an adjusting bolt through a spindle and a connecting link and further connected to a piston slidable in a cylinder through a sleeve nut. The adjusting bolt is prevented from rotation by a stopper plate fixed to the cylinder. The adjusting bolt and the sleeve nut are connected by thread and provided therebetween with a stopping means of rotation which allows a forward rotation of the sleeve nut toward a disc but limits a retracting rotation of the sleeve nut from the disc. The stopping means of rotation is provided with a locking means which effectively prevents a retraction of the sleeve nut. A clearance between friction pads and the disc is automatically adjusted by the fluid pressure operating mechanism when linings of the friction pads are worn more than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A friction pressure welding method in which, for a friction pressure welding between a pin and a recess of a support, the recess is arranged to have an inner diameter slightly larger than an outer diameter of the pin and a cap nut fitted to a collet chuck of a friction pressure welding machine is provided with an extension at a front thereof so as to control a curl projecting from an end surface of the pin at a certain height during operation of the friction pressure welding such that edges produced on the pin are forcibly pressed onto the recess and a welding area between the curl portion and the recess is increased, thereby enhancing a fatigue strength of the joint portion and increasing a strength against vibration exceedingly.

Abstract: A pad clip for disc brakes wherein one side portion of the pad clip is attached to the backing plate of a friction pad and another side portion of the pad clip has an end projecting to an allowable limit of wear of the lining of a friction pad. The pad clip produces an audible warning sound when the projecting end portion of the pad clip is resiliently pressed against the disc during braking after the lining of the friction pad has worn to the allowable limit. The projecting side portion of the pad clip resists movement in a direction away from the plane of the disc so as to prevent failure of the warning sound activation while still providing sufficient resilience to bias the disc.

Abstract: A pad clip device is provided comprising a U-shaped resilient spring, one portion of which is formed as a loop attached to the backing plate and having another portion extending beyond the plate to indicate the wear of the brake lining.