US 12,304,534 B2
Brake assembly and method for operation of said assembly
Salim Basha, Bangalore (IN); and Munishwar Ahuja, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,962.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,434, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0403057 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B61H 1/00 (2006.01); B61H 13/20 (2006.01); B61H 15/00 (2006.01); F16D 49/16 (2006.01); F16D 65/28 (2006.01); F16D 65/52 (2006.01); F16D 121/04 (2012.01); F16D 121/14 (2012.01); F16D 125/64 (2012.01)
CPC B61H 1/00 (2013.01) [B61H 13/20 (2013.01); B61H 15/0007 (2013.01); F16D 49/16 (2013.01); F16D 65/28 (2013.01); F16D 65/52 (2013.01); F16D 2121/04 (2013.01); F16D 2121/14 (2013.01); F16D 2125/64 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake assembly, comprising:
a lever attachment interface pivotally coupled with two degrees of freedom to a joint between a first lever and a second lever; and
a brake cylinder comprising a slack adjuster, the brake cylinder coupled to a first end of the first lever via a pushrod and configured to engage and disengage a brake lining in a brake component via the slack adjuster;
wherein the slack adjuster is configured to move the pushrod and the first end of the first lever outward from the brake cylinder along a central axis defined by the brake cylinder as the brake lining wears to adjust a throw of the second lever.