Trailer brake set apparatus
OwnerTerry L. Smithinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus to effect the engagement of brake shoes relative to a trailer axle of an associated trailer includes rotating rod members directed from a central housing, wherein the rod members are arranged to project rotatably through the brake backing plate of respective wheel members to effect actuation of a cam structure to effect engagement of the brake shoes of an associated wheel, with a brake drum arrangement.
Claims4
A trailer brake set apparatus in combination with an axle housing, wherein the axle housing includes a housing first end spaced from a housing second end, with the first end and the second end each including a wheel assembly rotatably mounted thereto, and each wheel assembly including a brake backing plate fixedly mounted to said axle housing, and each backing plate including a plurality of facing brake pads, including a first brake pad and a second brake pad, and each wheel assembly further including a brake drum rotatably mounted about the first brake pad and the second brake pad, wherein the apparatus further comprises,
- a control housing fixedly mounted to the axle housing, and the control housing including a housing first side wall spaced from a housing second side wall, and
- a reversible drive motor mounted within the housing between the first side wall and the second side wall, with the drive motor having a first output shaft and second output shaft rotatably mounted to the drive motor in adjacency relative to the respective first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the first output shaft includes a first extension shaft directed from the first output shaft, and the second output shaft including a second extension shaft mounted to the second output shaft, where one of said first and second extension shafts are rotatably directed through one said backing plate, and
- switch means for effecting rotation and contra-rotation of the drive motor, and
- each wheel assembly including cam means mounted within each wheel assembly for effecting engagement of each first brake pad and second brake pad for engagement with an adjacent brake drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.