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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Salim Basha, Bangalore, IN;
Munishwar Ahuja, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61H 1/00 (2006.01); B61H 13/20 (2006.01); B61H 15/00 (2006.01); F16D 49/16 (2006.01); F16D 65/28 (2006.01); F16D 65/52 (2006.01); F16D 121/04 (2012.01); F16D 121/14 (2012.01); F16D 125/64 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61H 1/00 (2013.01); B61H 13/20 (2013.01); B61H 15/0007 (2013.01); F16D 49/16 (2013.01); F16D 65/28 (2013.01); F16D 65/52 (2013.01); F16D 2121/04 (2013.01); F16D 2121/14 (2013.01); F16D 2125/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various systems and methods for braking a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a brake assembly is provided that includes a lever attachment interface pivotally coupled with two degrees of freedom to a joint between a first lever and a second lever and a brake cylinder coupled to the first lever and designed to engage and disengage a brake lining in a brake component. The brake cylinder includes a slack adjuster configured to adjust a throw of the second lever.