Patents by Inventor Richard Edgar Thompson

Richard Edgar Thompson 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).

  • PARKING BRAKE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20100078274
    Abstract: A parking brake mechanism for an air-actuated disc brake includes an electrically powered actuator, an extensible device drivably connected to the electrically powered actuator and able to extend and retract and be held in place in an extended position to thereby apply a brake, and a resilient device arranged to act on the extensible device and maintain a desired level of force to be applied by the parking brake mechanism in the event of contraction of brake components due to cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter, Paul Roberts, Gareth L. Shaw, Richard Edgar Thompson, Paul Bell, John D. Fieldhouse, Gareth L. Knox, Refaat A. El Malki
  • Multi-component lever assembly for a vehicle brake assembly and method of assembly therefor
    Publication number: 20040222051
    Abstract: A vehicle brake assembly includes a multi-component lever assembly. The lever assembly includes an operating shaft and a lever mounted thereto. The multi-component lever assembly provides for assembly during the final assembly stages of the brake assembly. The operating shaft is assembled into the brake housing through a housing opening which is closed off by a closing plate. The lever is then passed through a push rod opening and into the lever aperture until locked in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Denis John McCann, Richard Edgar Thompson