Braking assembly
AssigneeRadlok, S.A.R.L.
InventorAndrew Gray
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Abstract
A vehicle braking assembly for a wheel includes a braking member arranged to move relative to the main body of the wheel between an inoperative and an operative position, a resilient biasing member for urging the braking member into the inoperative position, and a latch for causing the braking member to move to the operative position, the latch being operable by coded message passed by a separate transmitter as electromagnetic radiation and the assembly is provided with an EMR sensor.
Claims15
A vehicle braking assembly for a wheel, which comprises a braking member arranged to move relative to a main body of the wheel between an inoperative position and an operative position, blocking means comprising a resilient biasing member adapted to urge the braking member into the inoperative position and trigger means adapted to move the braking member to the operative position;
- wherein the trigger means comprises a latch which is adapted to engage with a toothed portion of the body of the wheel to provide engagement between the braking member and the wheel, whereby rotation of the wheel drives the braking member from the inoperative position to the operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.