From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Design and potential patenting of a rear brake equalizer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 27th June 1939 | |
| 406 To NW.{N. Walker - Patents} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} s. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ) No drawings c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ) attached. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}27.6.39. REAR BRAKE EQUALIZER - B.V. The attached sketch shows the method of obtaining universal action on the rods leading from the rear equalizer. This was introduced on B.V. for simplicity and reliability. It was copied from P.III. It is apparently a new idea for dealing with the many motions of the rear brake rods, and has so impressed New Hudsons that they want to copy it. They have asked if it is patented. Will you say if this particular construction, as applied to the known type of rear equalizer, can be patented. It may seem a trivial thing to protect but sometimes these simple things are the most valuable. If we are going to Patent it, we must do so quickly or it will be on New Hudson production. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||