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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Brian P. Dennis, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Dodd, Dowagiac, MI (US);
Norman D. Crawford, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Peter J. Pozivilko, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Brian P. Dennis, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Dodd, Dowagiac, MI (US);
Norman D. Crawford, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Peter J. Pozivilko, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic caliper brake including a housing having a first half and a second half and a bridge connecting the housing halves. Each half of the housing includes a bore having a fluid chamber and a piston therein. The caliper brake also includes a fluid network having an inlet port and a bleed port in the first half of the housing, a first channel extending through the bridge and in fluid communication with the inlet port and the fluid chamber in the second half of the housing, and a second channel extending through the bridge and in fluid communication with the fluid chamber in the second half of the housing and the bleed port. A dual-flow passage is provided and is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber in the first half of the housing and the second channel. The fluid chamber in the first half is not in fluid communication with the first channel.