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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. 01, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean E Runkle, LaPorte, IN (US);
Assignee:
Allied Corporation, Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 726 ; 188 727 ; 188 729 ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
A mechanical actuator for a disc brake assembly comprises a cam shaft and a pair of toggles. The cam shaft is designed with different interfaces for the pair of toggles to minimize travel for the cam shaft and maximize clamping forces during a parking brake application for the disc brake assembly.