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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Plamper, North Royalton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Plymar, Ltd., North Royalton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/108 ;
Abstract
A clutch/brake assembly for a vehicle, such as a lawn tractor, includes left and right drums rotatable with left and right drive axles of the vehicle. The assembly is responsive to vehicle steering input to resist rotation of one drum and, thereby, to slow the drive wheel associated with the one drum. Further steering input provides braking capabilities. The assembly has no differential action. The housing for the assembly is a split housing having a plurality of bearing supports aligned along transverse axes. On each one of the split housing pieces, all the bearing support surfaces are finished simultaneously with one punching operation.