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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1982
Filed:
May. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick S Dowell, Coventry, GB;
Benedict P Healy, Wexford, IE;
Assignee:
Dunlop Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188217 ; 188 724 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A load-taking device for use in the disc pack of a multi-disc brake assembly. The load-taking device is located at one end of the pack, interposed between the pack and a cylinder for applying thrust to the pack or for resisting thrust applied to the pack. It has an annular support and a plurality of hollow bell-shaped load-taking members extending from one side of the support in circumferentially spaced relation which are rounded at the ends which contact the adjacent disc of the pack.