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US 2022/0090643 A1Published application
Brake assembly and method of adjustment
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsDaniel Philpott, Brian Bellemore
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Abstract
A brake assembly and a method of adjusting a brake assembly. A tool may be insertable through a through hole in a caliper housing and into a shaft cavity of a shaft of a wear adjuster mechanism that is configured to adjust a running clearance of a brake pad assembly.
Claims20
A method for adjusting a brake assembly comprising:
- inserting a tool through a through hole in a caliper housing and into a shaft cavity of a shaft of a wear adjuster mechanism that is configured to adjust a running clearance of a brake pad assembly, wherein the shaft is at least partially received inside a piston that is rotatable about an axis and is at least partially received inside a tappet that is adapted to engage the brake pad assembly;
- engaging the tool with an end cap that is fixedly mounted to the piston;
- rotating the tool to rotate the piston to manually adjust a position of the tappet with respect to the piston;
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- removing the tool from the shaft cavity and the caliper housing after rotating the tool.
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A brake assembly comprising:
- a caliper housing having a cavity and a hole that extends from the cavity;
- a tappet that is moveable along an axis with respect to the caliper housing and adapted to engage a brake pad assembly;
- a piston that is rotatable about the axis and is at least partially received in the tappet, wherein the piston and tappet have mating threads;
- an end cap that is fixedly mounted to the piston;
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- a wear adjuster mechanism that is at least partially received inside the piston, the wear adjuster mechanism including a shaft that is rotatable about the axis, wherein the shaft defines a shaft cavity that extends from a first end of the shaft that faces toward the end cap to a second end of the shaft that is disposed opposite the first end, wherein the shaft cavity extends further from the axis at the second end than at the first end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.