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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Santino Pancotti, Gallarate, IT;
Roberto Regonini, Somma Lombardo, IT;
Assignee:
Finmeccanica S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4161 / ; 188 7333 ;
Abstract
A helicopter rotor brake having a disk connected angularly to a helicopter rotor; a brake caliper having friction members cooperating with the disk; and an actuating device for moving the brake caliper, parallel to the plane of the disk, between a work position engaging the disk and wherein the brake caliper may be operated to brake the rotor, and a safety position releasing the disk and wherein any possibility of the friction members interacting with the disk is prevented.