Patent ID: 8696208
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for use with vehicles having brakes actuatable by an S-cam and having a camshaft support bracket, the device comprising: an S-cam shaft, the S-cam shaft including a shaft and an S-cam provided on an end of the shaft; a mounting adapter bracket, and a bushing support tube, and the mounting adapter bracket being configured for supporting the bushing support tube on a camshaft support bracket of a vehicle, and the bushing support tube being configured for receiving the S-cam shaft therein; at least three modular bushings provided in the bushing support tube, and each of the modular bushings being spaced apart along the length of the bushing support tube; and the S-cam shaft extending through the at least three shaft modular bushings and being supported thereby, and the at least three modular bushings include at least six modular bushings; at least two of the modular bushings are spaced apart from each other at a distance greater than a distance between the other modular bushings of the at least six modular bushings; each of the at least six modular bushings includes a respective space between adjacent ones of the at least six modular bushings; and two of the at least six modular bushings include a space between them which is greater than each of the other spaces between the others of the at least six modular bushings.