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  2. Jacobs Vehicle Systems - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobs Engine Brake, better known as the Jake Brake, has been on the market since 1961.The value of an engine retarder had been recognised many years earlier. In England in 1905, the motor car manufacturer Rover provided on its "16-20" model an auxiliary camshaft and modified exhaust cams which, when selected via a camshaft pedal, lifted the exhaust valve twice to every revolution of the ...

  3. Compression release engine brake - Wikipedia

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    Jacobs claims that the use of the term "Jake Brake" on signs prohibiting engine retarding brakes violates their trademark and discriminates against Jacobs-brand products. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the U.S. state of Ohio , state law allows a board of county commissioners or township trustees to prohibit the use of compression brakes within unincorporated ...

  4. Rickenbacker (car) - Wikipedia

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    One of the display cars featured experimental four-wheel brakes. [2] 1925 Rickenbacker D6 Sedan. The company made sporting coupés, touring cars, sedans, and roadsters. Four-wheel inside brakes were introduced in 1923. Prices in 1923 ranged from $1,485 for a phaeton to $1,985 (equivalent to $35,497 in 2023) for a sedan. [2]

  5. Engine braking - Wikipedia

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    A compression release brake (also known as a Jacobs brake or "jake brake"), is the type of brake most commonly confused with real engine braking; it is used mainly in large diesel trucks and works by opening the exhaust valves at the top of the compression stroke, so the large amount of energy stored in that compressed air is not returned to ...

  6. Retarder (mechanical engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Exhaust brakes are simpler in operation than an engine brake.Essentially, the exhaust pipe of the vehicle is restricted by a valve.This raises the pressure in the exhaust system, forcing the engine to work harder on the exhaust stroke of its cylinders, so again the engine is acting as an air compressor, with the power required to compress the air being withheld from the exhaust pipe, retarding ...

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