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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Performance Friction Corporation, Clover, SC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Performance Friction, Clover, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/06 (2006.01); F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16D 121/04 (2012.01); F16D 127/06 (2012.01); F16D 129/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/065 (2013.01); F16D 65/0075 (2013.01); F16D 65/18 (2013.01); F16D 2121/04 (2013.01); F16D 2127/06 (2013.01); F16D 2129/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parking brake actuator for a disc brake caliper having at least one service piston. The parking brake actuator includes a tapered collet having an axial bore for receiving the service piston; a release piston, said release piston in axially alignment with the service piston and said tapered collet, said release piston having an internally disposed taper for co-acting with the taper of said tapered collet; and a biasing means, said biasing means structured and arranged to apply a force to said release piston sufficient to place the parking brake actuator in an actuated condition.