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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Brian Dennis, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Evan Whitney, Buchanan, MI (US);
Keith Mcallister, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald Schmidt, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ausco Products, Inc, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A ball ramp caliper brake is disclosed. The brake can include a housing having an actuator side with a first pad nearer thereto and a carrier side with a second pad nearer thereto; the actuator side including ball ramps on an inner part, and threaded holes, the carrier side including housing holes therethrough; bolts respectively passing through one of the housing holes and respectively threaded into one of the threaded holes, to thereby compress a respective spring against the first pad; a lever having ball ramps facing the actuator side ball ramps; and a plurality of balls each being between respective ones of the ball ramps; wherein the springs are positioned coplanar with a radial center of the ball ramps, such that force of the springs provides constant compressive load on the ball ramps, and such that the force does not cause the first pad to tip.