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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:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
May. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Buckley, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Curt H Blaszczyk, Sturtevant, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc., Mequon, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 729 ; 188 727 ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
A heavy duty caliper brake assembly mounted in a position to engage a brake disc, the caliper including means for supporting the caliper on the housing, a brake pad mounted on the caliper on each side of the disc, a rotor mounted on one leg of the caliper in a position to engage one of the brake pads and a ball ramp assembly positioned between the caliper and the rotor for moving one of the brake pads into engagement with the brake disc on rotation of the rotor with respect to the caliper.