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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Mei Brakes Limited, Sheffield, GB;
Inventors:
Paul Roberts, South Wales, GB;
Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Ross on Wye, GB;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 43/21 (2006.01); F16D 45/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/56 (2006.01); F16D 41/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 43/215 (2013.01); F16D 45/00 (2013.01); F16D 65/568 (2013.01); F16D 41/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adjuster for an air disc brake includes an over-torque clutch arrangement that includes an adjuster drive plate having ramped detents, and a ball-carrying plate having pockets for retaining ball bearings. Ball bearings are carried and retained in the ball-carrying plate, and transmit rotation between the adjuster drive plate and the ball-carrying plate below a torque threshold. Above a torque threshold, the balls move axially away from the adjuster drive plate against the force of a spring, and ride up the ramped detents. Above the torque threshold, rotation is not transmitted.