Centrifugal brake and gyroscopes including same

Details Centrifugal brake and gyroscopes including same Centrifugal brake and gyroscopes including same

1983-12-29

1991-05-07

Reger, Duane A.

Brakes

Operators

Speed-responsive

74 55, 192103B, G01C 1930

Patent

active

050129040

ABSTRACT:
A centrifugal brake for limiting the rotational speed of a rotatable body with respect to a reference body, which brake includes a brake element movable by centrifugal force into engagement with an abutment member fixed to the reference body when the rotational speed of the rotatable body exceeds a predetermined value with respect to the reference body; characterized in that the brake element is disposed at a corner of a parallelogram mechanism made of a plurality of pivotably-coupled links such that the brake element is displaced into contact with the abutment member of the reference body when the rotational speed of the rotatble body exceeds the predetermined value.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1230560 (1917-06-01), Camp
patent: 1424523 (1922-08-01), Saives
patent: 3175666 (1965-03-01), Katzenstein
patent: 4355540 (1982-10-01), Chombard et al.

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