Brakes – Vehicle – Velocipede
Patent
1996-04-05
1997-04-15
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Brakes
Vehicle
Velocipede
188 731, 188250B, F16D 6578
Patent
active
056200625
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle brake shoe assembly for eliminating the need for readjustment of the brake pad relative to the rim upon replacement of a pad with a like pad and having an elongate tubular stem secured with an opening in a stem clamp device of a brake lever, and an elongate brake pad. One end of the stem and an adjoining surface of the pad are provided with matingly configured portions for providing a fixed orientation of the pad relative to the stem. A bolt passes through the bore of the stem into engagement with a threaded opening in the adjoining surface to hold the parts together. In one embodiment, the parts are formed with an oval, or non-circular recess in the adjoining surface with the end portion of the stem being matingly configured. In another embodiment, the pad is provided with a generally cylindrical stub with a threaded opening, the stub having a diameter generally equal to the diameter of the stem. With the adjoining ends being V-shaped, one male and the other female.
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Everett Richard C.
Rosenberger Mark
Oberleitner Robert J.
Roberts Edward E.
Schwartz Chris
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