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An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...

and bicycle brakes. A device that is put on a track to slow down railroad cars is also called brake shoe. The brake shoe carries the brake lining, which...

A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer...

bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...

continuous brake so the only available brakes were those on the locomotive and the brake van. Because of this shortage of brake power, the speed was restricted...

cutting the power and waiting for the motorcycle to slow down enough to put a foot out. One of the first motorcycles to have any sort of braking mechanism...

usually also a parking brake which operates the rear brakes only (or less commonly, the front brakes only, as in the Saab 99 and in the Citroën Xantia). This...

the sides of the press brake, connected to a table at the bottom and on a movable beam at the top. The bottom tool is mounted on the table, with the top...

Ireland Assembly can trigger the brake on any new "significantly different" rule being implemented if 30 Members of the Legislative Assembly from two...

The Kunze-Knorr brake (Kunze-Knorr-Bremse or KK-Bremse) is an automatic compressed-air brake for goods, passenger and express trains. It was the first...

should have put on the brakes." The Olsen twins are not children any longer, yet not quite poised to become adults, and so they're given the props and costumes...

York Air Brake was established on July 1, 1890 acquiring all of the property and business of Eames Vacuum Brake Company. Eames Vacuum Brake Company had...

Brake is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Gabe Torres, written by Timothy Mannion, and starring Stephen Dorff. It follows a U.S. Secret...

response set so when the test-taker is suddenly presented with a foil, he or she may find it difficult to "put on the brakes." Thus, the high demand sections...

not put any load on the camshaft and most of the overhead components. When activated, the Jacobs Engine Brake opens the exhaust valves near the top of...

Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft power....

Transmissions. Electronic parking brake Park by wire Transmission brake Automatic transmission parking pawl for the 2004 Subaru Impreza Design Requirements...

pinions. The controlled differential adds an extension to the rack holding the idlers, and puts a conventional brake on that extension. With the brake applied...

differential braking, differential braking may be avoided because of the wear it puts on the braking mechanisms. Differential braking has the advantage of...

position while the vehicle is put into gear, it prevents rollback. It was invented by Wagner Electric and manufactured by Bendix Brake Company in South...