US 12,326,177 B2
Multi-disc brake having radial wear pin cartridge and integrated water jacket
Nancy Leonard, Dowagiac, MI (US); Brian Dennis, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Howard Baldeosingh, Stevensville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by Ausco Products, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,957.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,128, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039313 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 66/02 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); F16D 55/40 (2006.01); F16D 65/853 (2006.01); F16D 55/00 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/853 (2013.01) [B60T 17/221 (2013.01); F16D 55/40 (2013.01); F16D 66/02 (2013.01); F16D 2055/0037 (2013.01); F16D 2066/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake comprising
a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion,
a piston and braking assembly within a brake cavity of the housing, the piston and braking assembly including a wear pin guide coupled with or integral with a primary disc,
a wear pin assembly in the first housing portion, the wear pin assembly including a body portion having a first end and a second end,
the second end of the body portion carrying a pin nose,
the first end of the body portion being acted on by a spring to thereby contact the pin nose with the wear pin guide.