Patent ID: 7506730
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A set of wet brakes comprising: at least two wet brakes configured to be distributed among a plurality of vehicle wheels to produce different maximum braking force values at those different wheels; each wet brake comprising a housing having two housing parts separable from one another, said two housing parts comprising an actuator housing and a disk housing; a disk set enclosed by each disk housing and an actuator located in each actuator housing, said actuator configured to actuate an associated disk set for the purpose of producing a braking effect on an associated vehicle wheel; a first disk set of a first of the at least two wet brakes comprising a first number of disks which are active for braking, and a second disk set of a second of the at least two wet brakes comprising a second number of disks which are active for braking, said second of the at least two wet brakes being configured to produce a smaller maximum braking force in relation to the first of the at least two wet brakes, and wherein the first number of disks is greater than the second number of disks; all of the disks in each of the first and second wet brakes are configured to interact with at least one adjacent disk in order to produce a braking effect in an associated vehicle wheel; and the actuator housings being identical and the disk housings having different exterior and interior shapes in a comparison between the first and second wet brakes so as to accommodate the different number of disks between the first and second disk sets while maintaining substantially the same longitudinal extent as between the first and second wet brakes such that parts adjacent to the brakes can be arranged on respective ones of the plurality of vehicle wheels in substantially the same manner.