Agco Corporation

Agco International Gmbh

Sven Krieger

Johann Dobler

Robert Honzek

Richard Heindl

Hans-Peter Zeiler

Klaus Bayer

Hajo Pargmann

A drive train arrangement for a tracked or two-wheel drive utility vehicle including a transmission and differential axle. The transmission has on a first side a rotatably driven input adapted to couple to the output of a motive power unit of the vehicle, and on a second side opposed to the first, an output shaft. The differential axle unit, which may be a steering differential, has an input coupled with the transmission unit output shaft and a pair of output shafts operationally coupled with the input via a plurality of planetary gear sets. The transmission unit output shaft extends outwardly of the unit also on the first side, and has a vehicle brake assembly mounted to the output shaft on the first side.

Vehicle drive train braking

A brake assembly is provided for a utility vehicle. After a brake operation, a clearance between a control member and an intermediate part and/or between a brake element and an intermediate part is adjusted by means of a displacement or restoring unit arranged in an intermediate part. Wear, and the associated change of clearance, can be compensated for by means of friction gripping devices, located respectively in the control member and in the brake element.

Brake assembly for a utility vehicle

A brake mechanism for a utility vehicle which can be installed around a drive shaft or inside a wheel hub. The brake has a non rotatable fixed body (), a rotatable body () rotatable relative to the fixed body (), at least one brake disc () which is non-rotatably relative to the fixed body (), and at least one rotating brake disc () which is fixed for rotation with the rotatable body (). An actuating member () can press the fixed brake disc () and the rotating brake disc () against each other and against a stop surface () on the fixed body to apply the brake. A spring means () also exerts an immobilizing force on the actuating member () to press the fixed brake disc () and the rotating brake disc () against each other to apply the brake. A brake release means () can exert a brake release force which counteracts the immobilizing force of the spring so that the actuating member () no longer presses the fixed brake disc () and the rotating brake disc () against each other, and a brake applying means () can exert a pushing force on the actuating member () in the same direction as the immobilizing force to press the fixed brake disc () and the rotating brake disc () against each other to apply the brake.

Brake for a utility vehicle

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Marktoberdorf, Germany

Sven Krieger