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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Thomas, Newport, GB;
Ralph Pratt, Newport, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 5/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 5/508 ;
Abstract
An actuator ( ) device for a disc brake ( ) is provided comprising a rotary actuator ( ) operable, via a force transmission device ( ), to move a friction element ( ) of the brake, in use, into engagement with a rotary brake disc ( ), and a thrust member ( A, A) arranged to transmit force from the actuator ( ) to the force transmission device ( ), the actuator ( ) being arranged to engage the thrust member ( A, A) in a manner such as to prevent rotation of the latter.