Patent ID: 6536563
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
Brake apparatus comprising in combination:a base plate; a first brake disk movable in an axial direction; a second brake disk positioned remote from said base plate relative to said first brake disk; a brake operating device connected with said first and second brake disks in a torsion-proof manner and positioned between said base plate and said first and second brake disks; a friction lining positioned between said first and second brake disks and carried on an input shaft in a torsion-proof manner relative to said input shaft, wherein said input shaft is rotatable relative to said base plate; and a spacer in the form of a sleeve and having a fastener passing through said sleeve, whereby said sleeve is adjustable in said axial direction to keep a distance between said first and second brake disks, and wherein said sleeve and said fastener axially retain said second brake disk at said distance from said first brake disk during operation of said brake apparatus, wherein bearing points of at least one of said first brake disk, of said second brake disk, and said brake operating device are situated exclusively on said base plate.