F16D 51/46
Self-tightening brakes with pivoted brake shoes, i.e. the braked member increases the
Official title: Self-tightening brakes with pivoted brake shoes, {i.e. the braked member increases the braking action}
F16D51/46 (Self-tightening brakes with pivoted brake shoes, i.e. the braked member increases the) appears on 148 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drum brake having compensation of brake-shoe transverse offset19 May 2026US 12,631,225 B2Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
- Clutch for preventing backdrive13 Jan 2026US 12,523,264 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Actuator for drum brake assembly13 May 2025US 12,296,799 B2ZF Active Safety US Inc.
- Drum brake18 Feb 2025US 12,228,179 B2Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
- Adjustable strap system and related devices and methods20 Aug 2024US 12,066,148 B1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Electromechanically actuated drum brake16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201928 A1
- Reverse-input blocking clutch23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110343 A1Nsk Ltd.
- Method for operating a drum brake, control unit, and friction brake1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002569 A1
- Adjustable strap system and related devices and methods13 Feb 2025US 2025/0052366 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Drum brake and braking member5 Sep 2024US 2024/0295247 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for diagnosing electrically operated brake without manual operation of brake operating member72US 6,158,822 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Electrically operated braking system having a device for operating electric motor of brake to obtain relationship between motor power and braking torque46US 6,270,172 B1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Magnetic latch mechanism and method particularly for linear and rotatable brakes44US 5,791,442 AOrscheln Management Co. · 1998
- Electrically operated braking system having a device for operating electric motor of brake to obtain relationship between motor power and braking torque37US 6,425,643 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Emergency brake mechanism28US 6,550,597 B2Wakayama Nainenki Co., Ltd. · 2003