Patent ID: 8973722
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
1. An automatic slack adjuster for a vehicle brake, comprising: a housing configured to be coupled to a brake actuator for applying a brake actuating force to the vehicle brake; a worm gear set carried by the housing, the worm gear set including a worm gear and a worm shaft, wherein an axially-separable assembly having an input part and an output part, the output part being coupled to the worm shaft and the input part being coupled to a wear adjustment control mechanism such that when the input part and the output part are engaged, the worm shaft is capable of being rotated by the wear adjustment control mechanism; and an adaptor part carried by the housing and having an externally-accessible operating feature, wherein when the adaptor part is operated in a brake release direction, the output part is disengaged from the input part, wherein when the adaptor part is operated in the brake release direction, the adaptor part rotates and axially displaces the worm shaft a distance sufficient to disengage the output part from the input part by removing at least a portion of a load pressing the output part and the input part toward one another and maintain the input part and the output part disengaged from one another during operation of the adaptor part in the brake release direction.