Patents Examined by Robert Oberleitner
  • Patent number: 4381047
    Abstract: A piston anti-knock back assembly in a disc brake assembly having a brake actuator comprising a piston slidably mounted within a cylinder bore and operable to urge a fricton surface into contact with a rotary disc surface upon supply of hydraulic fluid under pressure to said cylinder bore, comprises an expanded resilient split ring in frictional contact with a main portion of the cylinder bore and loosely axially located in an annular piston groove adjacent a conical head of said piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Gregoire, Vincent Robles, Pedro Alvarez