Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Reising, Ethingtor, Barnes, Kisselle, Learman & McCulloch P.C.
  • Patent number: 6484852
    Abstract: A brake system (10) comprises a disc brake (30) and a drum brake (50), and a hub (20). The hub (20) comprises a mounting portion (20a) generally having the shape of a hollow cylinder. The disc brake (30) comprises a disc (32) mounted on our outer surface of said portion (20c) of the hub for rotation with the hub, the disc (32) also being mounted for axial sliding movement on the hub (20). The drum brake (50) comprises frictional material shoes (56) which are moveable into engagement with an internal cylindrical surface (20e) of said mounting portion (20c) of the hub (20) to act as a parking brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth James Bunker