IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,719,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,296 · App. 17/724,574 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Brake system with torque distributing assembly

Inventor: Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,719,296
App. No.
17/724,574
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brake system that includes a brake caliper, a motor, and a torque distributing assembly configured to distribute torque from the motor to a first brake piston and/or to a second brake piston. The torque distributing assembly includes a gear set that includes gears that are configured to rotate about an axis. One of the first brake piston and the second brake piston is configured to move along the same axis during a brake apply or a brake release.

Claims (25)

1. A brake system comprising:

a brake caliper configured to support a brake pad, a first brake piston, and a second brake piston;

a motor; and

a torque distributing assembly configured to distribute torque from the motor to the first brake piston and/or to the second brake piston;

wherein the torque distributing assembly comprises one or more gears that are configured to rotate about an axis, the one or more gears include a first sun gear, first planet gears surrounding the first sun gear, a second sun gear, and second planet gears surrounding the second sun gear;

wherein during a brake apply or a brake release, the second brake piston is configured to be moved along an axis that is aligned with the axis that the one or more gears rotate about to move an end of the brake pad; and during the brake apply or the brake release, the first brake piston is configured to move another end of the brake pad;

wherein the brake system comprises a spindle at least partially located inside of the second brake piston, the second sun gear comprises an engagement section that is configured to engage an engagement section of the spindle so that rotation of the second sun gear causes the spindle to rotate.

2. The brake system according to claim 1 , wherein the first brake piston is configured to be moved along an axis that is generally parallel to the axis that the one or more gears rotate about.

3. The brake system according to claim 2 , wherein the torque distributing assembly comprises a first driving gear and a second driving gear that are both configured to rotate about the axis that the one or more gears that are configured to rotate about.

4. The brake system according to claim 3 , wherein the torque distributing assembly comprises a third driving gear that is connected to the second driving gear via a belt, chain, or gear.

5. A brake system comprising:

a brake caliper configured to support a brake pad, a first brake piston, and a second brake piston;

a motor; and

a torque distributing assembly configured to distribute torque from the motor to the first brake piston to move an end of the brake pad and/or to the second brake piston to move another end of the brake pad;

wherein the torque distributing assembly comprises: a first driving gear, a second driving gear that is located downstream of the first driving gear, and a third driving gear that is connected to the second driving gear via a belt, chain, or gear, the first driving gear and the second driving gear are configured to rotate about a common axis; the torque distributing assembly further comprises first planet gears, a first sun gear, and a second sun gear that are located between the first driving gear and the second driving gear;

wherein brake system comprises a second spindle associated with the second brake piston and having an engagement section that engages a corresponding engagement section on the second sun gear;

wherein during a brake apply and/or a brake release, the second brake piston is configured to be moved along an axis that is the same as the common axis that the first driving gear and the second driving gear are configured to rotate about.

6. The brake system according to claim 5 , wherein brake system comprises a first spindle associated with the first brake piston and having an engagement section that engages a corresponding engagement section on the third driving gear.

7. The brake system according to claim 5 , wherein the first sun gear is configured to rotate about an axis that is the same as the axis that the second brake piston is moved along.

8. The brake system according to claim 5 , wherein the torque distributing assembly comprises second planet gears, wherein the second sun gear is configured to rotate to rotate about an axis that is the same as the axis that the second brake piston is moved along.

9. The brake system according to claim 5 , wherein the third driving gear is generally coplanar with the second driving gear.

10. The brake system according to claim 9 , wherein the third driving gear rotates with the second driving gear.

11. The brake system according to claim 10 , wherein the second driving gear and the third driving gear rotate in the same direction.

12. The brake system according to claim 10 , wherein the second driving gear and the third driving gear rotate in opposite directions.

13. A method of creating the brake apply or releasing the brake release with the brake system according to claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: AL-MAHSHI, WALEED MAHMOUD
To: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059646/0589 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16817854 · Mar 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62823732 · Mar 26, 2019
Related Publication 20220243777A1 · Aug 4, 2022
Cited By (1)
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