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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1985
Harry A Hunnicutt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James A Buckley, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc., Mequon, WI (US);
Abstract
A self-adjusting, wear-compensating device for a floating caliper disc brake of the type having a pair of brake pads positioned to engage the disc brake rotor, the device including a rotor and a stator mounted in the caliper housing, the rotary motion of the rotor being converted to linear motion in the stator toward one of the brake pads, a threaded shaft is mounted in a threaded bore in the stator and has one end positioned to engage the brake pad and the other end extending into the rotor, and a one-way clutch is mounted on the other end of the shaft and is operatively connected to the rotor to impart rotary movement to the shaft relative to the stator whenever the rotor rotates more than a predetermined amount to advance the shaft an incremental amount, the clutch is protected from overload damage by a star ring mounted on the shaft in a position to allow the clutch to slip on the shaft.