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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16D 55/224 (2006.01); F16D 121/24 (2012.01); F16D 125/50 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/18 (2013.01); F16D 55/224 (2013.01); F16D 2121/24 (2013.01); F16D 2125/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brake system that includes a brake caliper, a motor, and a torque distributing assembly configured to distribute torque from the motor to a first brake piston and/or to a second brake piston. The torque distributing assembly includes a gear set that includes gears that are configured to rotate about an axis. One of the first brake piston and the second brake piston is configured to move along the same axis during a brake apply or a brake release.