Patent ID: 6367596
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
An apparatus for braking a rotating member, the apparatus having an engaged state and a disengaged state wherein rotation of the rotating member is inhibited when the apparatus is in the engaged state, the apparatus comprising:a solenoid operably coupled to a first brake structure such that the apparatus is in the disengaged state when activating electrical power is provided to the solenoid; and a manual override mechanism operably coupled to a second brake structure such that the apparatus is in the disengaged state when an external force is provided to the manual override mechanism; wherein the apparatus is in the engaged state when activating power is absent from the solenoid and external force is absent from the manual override mechanism, and wherein a linkage couples the first brake structure to the second brake structure such that both the solenoid and the manual override mechanism are operable to move the first and second brake structures.