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US 10,378,601 B2Granted
Coupling
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorMartyn Ingleton
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Abstract
A coupling comprising a brake plate (70); a first friction pad (64) operable to be selectively biased against the brake plate (70). In a first mode of operation the first friction pad (64) is biased against the brake plate (70) by a first force. In a second mode of operation the first friction pad (64) is biased against the brake plate (70) by a second force. The second force is substantially greater than the first force.
Claims20
A coupling comprising:
- a brake plate fixedly mounted to a drive shaft which is rotatable about a rotational axis;
- a friction pad operable to be selectively biased against the brake plate by an actuator such that
- in a first mode of operation the friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a first force, and
- in a second mode of operation the friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a second force that is greater than the first force;
- and
- a vehicle control lever coupled to a lever drive via a housing rotatable about the rotational axis.
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A coupling comprising:
- a brake plate fixedly mounted to a drive shaft which is rotatable about a rotational axis;
- a first friction pad operable to be selectively biased against the brake plate by an actuator such that
- in a first mode of operation the first friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a first force, and
- in a second mode of operation the first friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a second force that is greater than the first force;
- and
- a second friction pad biased into contact with the brake plate, wherein the second friction pad is biased into contact with the brake plate by a resilient member;
- wherein the actuator is located adjacent a first side of the brake plate,
- wherein the resilient member is located adjacent to a second side of the brake plate, the second side being opposite the first side, and
- wherein the resilient member is operable to bias the second friction pad in an opposite direction to which the actuator is operable to bias the first friction pad.
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A coupling comprising:
- a brake plate;
- a first friction pad operable to be selectively biased against the brake plate by an actuator such that
- in a first mode of operation the first friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a first force, and
- in a second mode of operation the first friction pad is biased against the brake plate by a second force that is greater than the first force;
- and
- a second friction pad biased into contact with the brake plate by a resilient member,
- wherein the resilient member is adjacent to a first side of the brake plate,
- wherein the actuator is adjacent to a second side of the brake plate, the second side being opposite the first side, and
- wherein the resilient member is operable to bias the second friction pad in an opposite direction to which the actuator is operable to bias the first friction pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.