Ultra-clean manually-actuated clamping brake
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorEric P. Huelsmann
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Abstract
A system includes a carriage configured to move along a rail. The system also includes a clamping brake configured to selectively allow and prevent movement of the carriage along the rail. The clamping brake includes multiple brake pads configured to be moved inward to lock onto the rail and to be moved outward to release the rail. The clamping brake also includes multiple springs configured to apply spring forces that cause the brake pads to move inward and lock onto the rail. The clamping brake further includes a camshaft coupled to or including multiple eccentrics. The eccentrics are configured to overcome the spring forces and cause the brake pads to move outward and release the rail.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- multiple brake pads configured to be moved inward to lock onto a rail and to be moved outward to release the rail;
- multiple springs configured to apply spring forces that cause the brake pads to move inward and lock onto the rail;
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- a camshaft coupled to or comprising multiple eccentrics, the eccentrics configured to overcome the spring forces and cause the brake pads to move outward and release the rail.
A system comprising:
- a carriage configured to move along a rail;
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- a clamping brake configured to selectively allow and prevent movement of the carriage along the rail, wherein the clamping brake comprises:
- multiple brake pads configured to be moved inward to lock onto the rail and to be moved outward to release the rail;
- multiple springs configured to apply spring forces that cause the brake pads to move inward and lock onto the rail;
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- a camshaft coupled to or comprising multiple eccentrics, the eccentrics configured to overcome the spring forces and cause the brake pads to move outward and release the rail.
A method comprising:
- applying spring forces that cause multiple brake pads to move inward and lock onto a rail;
- rotating a camshaft coupled to or comprising multiple eccentrics;
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- overcoming the spring forces using the eccentrics and causing the brake pads to move outward and release the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.