Brakes – Wheel – Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
Patent
1995-11-02
1997-03-04
Poon, Peter M.
Brakes
Wheel
Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
188196P, 188196B, F16D 5502
Patent
active
056070330
ABSTRACT:
There are disclosed several embodiments of a disc brake caliper assembly in which adjustment is made for wear on the pads by a non-rotating linearly expandable and retractable linkage arranged between a brake actuator and the pads. The linkage includes inner and outer members coaxially reciprocal without rotation with respect to one another, one member having surfaces which extend at acute angle with respect to the axis and opposite surfaces on the other member which extend parallel to the axis. Circumferentially spaced wedges are disposed in the space between the angled and parallel surfaces, and springs between the first member and wedges yieldably urge the wedges in the first longitudinal direction toward the angled surfaces, the second member being movable during the braking cycle in a second longitudinal direction and thus relatively to the first member, whereby the linkage is caused to expand in order to adjust for wear.
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Naedler Mark H.
Teinert Victor E.
Mark + Technologies, Inc.
Poon Peter M.
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