Brian R Hukill

US Patent:

20130341136, Dec 26, 2013

Filed:

Aug 1, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/956973

Inventors:

Philip Simons - Lorain OH, US
Brian Hukill - Brunswick OH, US

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

F16D 65/853

US Classification:

188264 D

Abstract:

A braking system includes at least one rotating disc and at least one brake disc. A brake disc wear plate is configured for retarding engagement with a rotating disc brake pad. Each brake disc has an annular coolant cavity associated with two inlet ports spaced apart 180 and two outlet ports spaced apart 180. Each outlet port is spaced 90 from an adjacent inlet port. Each port leads to a respective radial channel. The channels are in open flow communication with each other. Inlet port coolant received into an inlet channel flows in both angular directions toward the outlet ports. Heated coolant gathered at an outlet channel is a mixture of coolant received from both inlet channels. Each inlet channel includes a stepped configuration to divert additional coolant to the outermost portion of the coolant cavity, which portion underlies the outermost (and hottest) portion of the wear plate.

US Patent:

6374960, Apr 23, 2002

Filed:

Oct 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/415639

Inventors:

Brian R. Hukill - Cuyahoga Falls OH
James M. Latsko - Parma OH
Kenneth E. Oravec - Independence OH
Steven D. Schneider - Cleveland OH
George M. Dominiak - Greenfield WI
Kerry M. Jacques - Cudahy WI

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

F16D 6514

US Classification:

188 7343, 188 729, 188171

Abstract:

A brake assembly includes a rotatable disc which is movable along its axis of rotation. Brake pads on caliper arms are engageable with opposite sides of the disc. An actuator assembly is operable to move the caliper arms to press the brake pads against opposite sides of the disc. To accommodate movement of the disc along its axis of rotation, the actuator assembly is movable along the axis of rotation of the disc under the influence of force transmitted through the caliper arms to the actuator assembly. The caliper arms have arcuate end surfaces which engage arcuate surfaces on the brake pads.