Patent ID: 8616344
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A brake comprising a brake disk stack including stators alternating with rotors that are rotatable relative to the stators about an axis of the disk stack, an annular torque plate including a back leg at one axial end of the brake disk stack, and a circumferential arrangement of actuators at the other axial end of the brake disk stack for urging the brake disk stack against the annular torque plate to effect a braking force on the rotors, wherein the back leg of the annular torque plate comprises a conical shape and includes a plurality of apertures arranged unevenly about a circumference of the conical shape, wherein the apertures open to radial outer sides of the annular torque plate back leg, wherein the apertures are at least partially bound by a concave surface of the back leg, and wherein a plurality of torque transfer buttons are arranged evenly about the circumference of the conical shape.