Brake roller with one way jaw clutch
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsVinodkumar Shivalinga, Manu Siddharth Paliwal
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Abstract
A brake roller may comprise a brake shaft and a brake stack assembly located around the brake shaft. A one-way jaw clutch assembly may be configured to apply a force to the brake stack. A roller shell may be located radially outward of the brake stack. The one-way jaw clutch assembly may be configured to vary the force applied to the brake stack in response to a rotation of the roller shell in a circumferential direction.
Claims20
A brake roller, comprising:
- a brake shaft;
- a brake stack assembly located around the brake shaft;
- a one-way jaw clutch assembly configured to apply a force to the brake stack assembly;
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- a roller shell located radially outward of the brake stack assembly, wherein the one-way jaw clutch assembly is configured to vary the force applied to the brake stack assembly in response to a rotation of the roller shell in a circumferential direction.
A roller tray for a cargo handling system, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail parallel to the first rail;
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- a brake roller located between the first rail and the second rail, the brake roller including:
- a brake shaft;
- a brake stack assembly located around the brake shaft;
- a one-way jaw clutch assembly configured to apply a force to the brake stack assembly;
- and
- a roller shell located radially outward of the brake stack assembly, wherein the one-way jaw clutch assembly is configured to vary the force applied to the brake stack assembly in response to a rotation of the roller shell in a circumferential direction.
A one-way jaw clutch assembly for a brake roller, the one-way jaw clutch assembly, comprising:
- a jaw plate including a radially outward extending jaw protrusion;
- a slider axially adjacent to the jaw plate;
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- a guide plate axially adjacent to the slider and including a radially inward extending guide protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.