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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:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lowell D Bok, Anna, OH (US);
William T Holzworth, Springfield, OH (US);
Robert B Mason, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 732 ; 1882 / ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A brake or clutch mechanism that has one of its stators or rotors composed of a plurality of circumferential spaced arcuate segments wherein each side portion of a segment has an off-set portion abuttingly engaging an adjacent off-set side portion such as to reinforce the off-set torque lugs which interconnect adjacent peripheral off-set lugs of the brake segments to provide axial reinforcement of the individual annular brake discs.