Patents by Inventor Monte Chamberlain

Monte Chamberlain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control linkage for a band type brake
    Patent number: 4058189
    Abstract: A control linkage for a band-type brake having an actuating lever provided with a pair of anchor pins, a brake band adapted to be trained about a rotary element to be braked in either direction of its rotation, the band having one end connected to one of the anchor pins, an adjustment bracket connected to the other of the pins, and the other end of the band being connected to the adjustment bracket, and an anchor bracket having upwardly and downwardly opening slots loosely receiving the pins with the pin connected to the adjustment bracket being disposed in the downwardly open slot. A spring resiliently biases the pin in a downwardly open slot upwardly into engagement with the bottom of its associated slot to provide smooth braking action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: Monte Chamberlain, Glen S. Comer, Jr., Fredrick H. Elliott