Patents Represented by Attorney Leo McCormick
  • Patent number: 7182182
    Abstract: A drum brake comprising a plate on which at least one shoe having a friction lining is mounted. A lever moves the shoe against a wheel drum in response to a braking command to effect a brake application. A resilient return spaces the shoe apart from the drum when braking ceases. The shoe is mounted to slide along an essentially radial axis between two guide walls secured to the plate The lever for applying the shoe bears against the inside wall of the shoe for exerting a substantially radial force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Vincent Dupuis