Patent · US Expired

Negative acting disc brake

US4548301A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1983
Grant dateOct 22, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2121/12
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A negative acting disc brake provided with arrangement for automatically adjusting the clearance between the brake pads and the disc caused by abrasion of the brake pads. The entire amount of abrasion is absorbed not by a single release of brake but by several times of release of brake.

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