Vehicle brakes
AssigneeGirling Limited
InventorAlbert Charles Hill
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Abstract
In a wedge-type vehicle brake actuator with a cage assembly unattached to the wedge member the travel of the cage assembly is limited by an engagement with one follower member. With an assymetric cage assembly the assembly of the cage assembly into the housing is prevented by an engagement with a follower member when the cage assembly is assembled the wrong way.
Claims8
A vehicle brake actuator comprising a housing, a wedge member in the housing, follower members in the housing displaceable apart in response to movement of said wedge member and presenting inclined surfaces arranged one on each side of said wedge member, at least one roller interposed between each of said inclined surfaces and the co-operating surface of the wedge member, and a cage in which said rollers are retained, wherein said cage and said rollers constitute an independent cage assembly unattached to said wedge member, said cage assembly and one of said follower members are formed with corresponding abutment means which limit the travel of the cage assembly in the direction of movement of said wedge member, and stop means are provided for limiting movement outwardly of the housing of said one follower member.
A vehicle brake actuator comprising a housing, a wedge member in the housing, follower members in the housing displaceable apart in response to movement of said wedge member and presenting inclined surfaces arranged one on each side of said wedge member, at least one roller interposed between each of said inclined surfaces and the co-operating surface of the wedge member, and a cage in which the rollers are retained, wherein said cage and roller assembly is asymetric about its direction of travel, and the cage and roller assembly and one of said follower members are provided with corresponding abutment means which prevent assembly of the cage assembly into the housing when the cage assembly is misorientated with respect to the housing by 180.degree. about the direction of travel of the wedge member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.