B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – T
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
T
B60T 7/20 (2006.01) B60T 1/06 (2006.01) B60T 11/10 (2006.01) B60T 11/18 (2006.01) F16D 65/14 (2006.01) F16D 55/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2131163
TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM WITH RELEASE APPARATUS ABSTRACT A trailer brake system includes apparatus to provide release of the brake pads pads (48,50) from engagement with the rotor (55) upon braking. Each brake assembly includes a stationary bracket (30) for attachment to the axle (25) and a caliper unit (45) with the brake pads (48,50) mounted by a single pivot pin (36) on the bracket (30). A relief valve (80) is engaged by the pivoting caliper unit (45) to provide the release of the brake pads (48,50). The bracket (30) includes a support ring (32) for direct mounting on the axle (25) and an integral yoke (33) above the ring (32); one arm of the yoke (35) limiting the pivoting movement of the caliper unit (45) in one direction by a fixed stop (75) for forward movement/normal braking of the trailer, and the other arm (34) supporting an actuator stop (90) for the relief valve (80) engaged by pivoting in the opposite direction.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
Null Robert L.
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