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US 9,841,071 B2Granted
Brake
AssigneeMeritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
InventorsMark Norman, Alexander Howard, Jonathan Jackson, Anthony Williams, Simon Fisher
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Abstract
A brake includes a brake shoe moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position and defining an axis of rotation of an associated brake drum. The brake includes an actuation shaft rotatable about a shaft axis and an actuation device for transferring rotational movement of the actuation shaft into movement of the brake shoe from the disengaged position to the engaged position. The axis of rotation is non-parallel to the shaft axis.
Claims22
A brake comprising:
- a brake shoe pivotally mounted on a brake support, the brake support non-rotatably fixed to a vehicle, the brake shoe moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position and defining an axis of rotation of an associated brake drum;
- an actuation shaft rotatably mounted about a shaft axis in a boss of the brake support;
- and an actuation device for transferring rotational movement of the actuation shaft into movement of the brake shoe from the disengaged position to the engaged position, wherein the axis of rotation of the associated brake drum is non-parallel to the shaft axis and is at a fixed angle relative to the shaft axis.
A brake comprising:
- a brake shoe moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position and defining an axis of rotation of an associated brake drum;
- an actuation shaft rotatable about a shaft axis and rotatably mounted in a boss of a brake support fixed to a vehicle;
- and an actuation device for transferring rotational movement of the actuation shaft into movement of the brake shoe from the disengaged position to the engaged position, wherein the axis of rotation is non-parallel and at a fixed angle relative to the shaft axis, wherein the shaft axis does not intersect the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.