Patent · US Expired

Brake band

US6068092A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1996
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D65/04
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a brake band mounted on a transmission for a vehicle which is provided with a strap having opposite end portions and twined around the outer periphery of a drum, an apply side end portion provided on one end portion of the strap, and an anchor side end portion provided on the other end portion of the strap, at least one of the apply side and anchor side end portion of the brake band is supported or fixed so as to have a predetermined gap with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the drum during non-tightening of the brake band.

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