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US 6,668,982 B2Granted
Disk-brake and torque-transmitting device
AssigneeSomfy SAS
InventorsEric LaGarde, David Chatellard, Frédéric Volle
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AssigneeSomfy SAS
InventorsEric LaGarde, David Chatellard, Frédéric Volle
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The device, inserted between a motor (9) and a load (11), allows the load (11) to be immobilized when power is not applied to the motor (9) and allows mechanical torque to be transmitted when power is applied to the motor (9). Such a device is produced by virtue of a juxtaposition of brake disks rotatably connected alternately to the drive shaft (8) and to a casing (10) containing the motor (9) by sliding connections, the end disks (1, 3) of the juxtaposition being rotatably connected on the drive shaft (8) and by virtue of means (4, 5) collaborating to separate these disks and transmit the mechanical torque. The architecture of the device allows the string of dimensions associated with the functional clearance between the means (4, 5) to be reduced and allows the force exerted by the spring (6) on the disk (1) to be reacted by the bearing.
A braking device inserted between a motor comprising a drive shaft and a load, comprising brake disks arranged facing each other, an elastic means returning the disks against each other and means collaborating when the drive shaft of the motor is driven, to part the brake disks against the action of the elastic means and for transmitting a mechanical torque from the drive shaft to a receiving shaft which rotates as one with one of the brake disks rotatable about the drive shaft, the receiving shaft being kinematically connected to the load, which braking device comprises a juxtaposition of the disks including end disks, the disks connected alternately to the drive shaft and to a casing containing the motor by sliding connections, the end disks of the juxtaposition being connected to the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.