MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621024210 A) filed by Ve Commercial Vehicles Ltd., Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, on Feb. 28, for 'thermo-mechanically actuated brake drum cooling system for a commercial vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Pradunmya Pran Dutta.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A thermo-mechanically actuated brake drum cooling system (100) for a commercial vehicle, the system (100) comprising a duct body (102) configured to be mounted adjacent to a brake drum (104) and to channel external airflow toward the brake drum (104), a flap (106) pivotally mounted to the duct body (102) about a hinge axis and movable between a closed position restricting airflow and an open position increasing airflow, a thermo-bimetal actuator (108) disposed within the duct body (102) and positioned adjacent to the hinge axis of the flap (106), the thermo-bimetal actuator (108) being mechanically coupled to the flap (106), and a mounting interface formed on the duct body (102) and configured for attachment to an axle support structure of the vehicle. Further, the thermo-bimetal actuator (108) comprises a bonded bi-layer metallic strip (110) formed of two metallic layers having different coefficients of thermal expansion."
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