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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Damon Byron Graves, Bartlett, TN (US);
Damon Byron Graves, Bartlett, TN (US);
Parker Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Improvement in a drag brake assembly for a power take-off unit, for use on trucks and the like, including a first reaction member axially located on an output shaft thereon; a brake disc rotatably affixed to and axially movable on the output shaft; a second reaction member forming an inner surface portion of one of the bearing caps; and a spring member interposed between the first reaction member and the brake disc, for normally biasing the brake disc into an engaged position wherein the brake disc engages the second reaction member inner surface portion, with the brake disc including a first frusto-conical outer surface portion and the second reaction member inner surface being provided with a complementary second frusto-conical surface, with the engagement therebetween keeping the output shaft from rotating.