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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore J Holtermann, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 113 ; 56 118 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a combined brake and clutch comprising a drive member, a driven member mounted for coaxial rotation relative to the drive member, interengageable friction disks extending from each of the drive members and the driven member, a spring biasing the driven member to drivingly engage the friction disks, and a brake member engageable with the driven member for displacing the driven member against the action of the spring to permit disengagement of the friction disks and for braking rotation of the driven member.