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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1988
Yasunori Nakawaki, Susono, JP;
Fumihiro Ushijima, Okazaki, JP;
Akio Numazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiyuki Asada, Susono, JP;
Abstract
Herein disclosed is a brake system for use with an automatic transmission for braking a rotatable member such as a brake drum, which is accommodated in a casing and connected to the sun gear or the like of a planetary gear mechanism, by bringing a brake band having two ends into contact with the outer circumference with the rotatable member. The brake system comprises: a cylinder tube so held in a predetermined position in the casing as to move forward and backward in the tangential direction of the rotatable member; a piston fitted in the cylinder tube; a piston rod united with the piston and projecting from the cylinder tube such that it is connected to one end of the brake band; an anchor rod so held in a predetermined position in the casing as to move forward and backward in the tangential direction of the rotatable member and conneced to the other end of the brake band; a connecting member for connecting the cylinder tube and the anchor rod so tha they may move together forward and backward; and a valve mechanism disposed in the cylinder tube and adapted to be opened, when the cylinder tube is moved by a force received in a predetermined direction from the brake band through the piston rod to either apply a fluid pressure in a direction to reduce the fastening force by the brake band or release the fluid pressure.