Wheel assembly and brake therefor
AssigneeUrban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd.
InventorColin C. May
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Abstract
The invention provides a wheel assembly consisting of first and second spaced apart coaxial wheels. The wheel are mounted on a support structure such that they can rotate relative to one another. A first brake rotor is non-rotatably connected to the first wheel, and a second brake rotor is non-rotatably connected to the second wheel. A brake stator is operable on each rotor to oppose rotation of the two brake rotors simultaneously.
Claims6
A wheel assembly, said wheel assembly comprising an axle having two coaxial portions, said portions having wheels fixedly mounted on ends thereof for rotation therewith and said portions being rotatable relative to each other, and a brake, said brake comprising:
- a first brake rotor mounted on one of said portions of said axle for rotation therewith;
- a second brake rotor mounted on the other of said portions of said axle adjacent to said first braking rotor for rotation therewith, said first and second brake rotors being in face to face sliding engagement;
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- a common stator disposed on either side of said first and second brake rotors and operable upon each rotor simultaneously to bring said rotors into frictional substantially non-sliding engagement to provide synchronous retardation of rotation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.