Patents Examined by Deion Kramer
  • Patent number: 6640938
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a drive member rotatably supported on a bicycle includes a mounting member for mounting the apparatus to the bicycle, a braking mechanism coupled to the mounting member for applying a braking force to the drive member; and a coupling mechanism adapted to couple the braking mechanism to a shift control mechanism so that the braking mechanism applies the braking force to the drive member upon actuation of the shift control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shoge
  • Patent number: 6568513
    Abstract: An adjustment arrangement for a non-servo drum brake having a hydraulic actuator that engages a first web of a first brake shoe and a second web of a second brake shoe. The hydraulic actuator on receiving a hydraulic input develops an actuation force for moving the first and second brake shoes from a rest position into engagement with a rotatable member to effect a brake application. An extendible member, that is connected to the first web and the second web, is extendable to define a running clearance in a rest position between the first and second brake shoes and the rotatable member. A lever arm, that is mounted on the first web, engages the extendable member. A resilient member extends between the lever to the second web to urge the first and second webs into engagement with the hydraulic actuator. The lever arm pivots on the first web as the first web moves through the running clearance during a brake application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Doolittle, Lawrence W. Rusk