Patent ID: 6145635
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
In a brake mechanism having a shaft selectably rotatable in respect to a housing, the shaft connected to a selectably engageable brake having a brake disk non-rotatively connected to a part having a circumference,the brake mechanism characterized by including tabs, said tabs extending off of one of the part or the brake disk, said tabs having an angle in the range of minus ten to plus thirty degrees in reference to a line perpendicular to circumference of the part or brake disk respectively,key slots, said key slots being in the other of the part or brake disk, said key slots matching said tabs, said tabs interconnecting with said key slots to non-rotatively interconnect the part to the brake disk,splines, said splines extending off of one of the part or the brake disk,corresponding teeth, said corresponding teeth extending off of the other of the part or brake disk,and said splines and said corresponding teeth acting with said tabs to non-rotatively interconnect the part to the brake disk.