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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Brian P. Dennis, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Nancy L. Leonard, Dowagiac, MI (US);
Howard H. Baldeosingh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A brake () includes a housing () formed from a first housing portion () capable of receiving a second housing portion (). The first housing portion () houses a piston () and a plurality of springs (), and the second housing portion () houses an alternating arrangement of discs () for enacting a braking function. The second housing portion () further includes torque pin holes () for receiving torque pins () therein. Each torque pin () is secured with a plug () to secure stationary discs (A,B,C) in place. The stationary discs (A,B,C) have extending ears () positioned between torque pin grooves (), which further receive the torque pins ().