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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Foster-miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas C. Swihart, III, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 59/02 (2006.01); F16D 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 59/00 (2013.01); F16D 59/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor brake includes an actuator fixed to a motor shaft and including spaced peripheral ears including a member therethrough. A fixed plate includes spaced detents and an output about the actuator has spaced ball releasably urged into the fixed plate detents by the actuator ear members. The output has channels for the actuator ears for driving the output with the actuator when the actuator ear members release the output spaced balls from the fixed plate detents.