Patent ID: 7073638
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60Y,F16H

Abstract:
1. In a driveline for an agricultural irrigation system, said driveline comprising: a drive gear motor; a ball ramp brake, wherein said ball ramp brake comprises a motor drive shaft having a motor drive plate axially aligned therewith, a brake drive shaft having a brake drive plate axially aligned therewith, a first ball ramp plate axially disposed between said brake plate and said motor plate so as to be parallel therewith, a groove formed within at least one of said plates, a ball disposed within said groove, a second ball ramp plate axially disposed between said brake plate and said motor plate so as to be parallel therewith and a biasing element disposed between said first and second ball ramp plates so as to urge said first and second ball ramp plates away from one another; and a gearbox coupled to said ball ramp brake.