Patent ID: 7926629

Claim:
An electromagnetic brake comprising: a housing including two opposite top half holes; a pin mounted in the housing; a plurality of brake springs mounted in the housing for urging against a head of the pin; a handle of one continuous piece, mounted on a top of the housing and pivotably connected thereto, being secured to a shank of the pin by a fastener, the handle including two opposite bottom half holes with the pin disposed therebetween, and a slot proximate an edge of the housing; a coil mounted in the housing; an armature plate moveably mounted under the coil and engaged with the head of the pin; a plate member secured to a bottom of the housing; a friction disc moveably mounted between the armature plate and the plate member, the friction disc being operatively connected to a rotatable shaft of a load; a trigger switch mounted on the top of the housing and including a projecting contact facing the handle, and a pivotal trigger obliquely extending from a position proximate the contact toward one side of the handle; a plurality of steel balls rotatably sandwiched between the half holes of the handle and the half holes of the housing; and a rod fixedly secured to the housing and projecting out of the slot, wherein the rod is disposed at one end of the slot when the electromagnetic brake is in a brake released position; wherein the coil is adapted to energize to magnetically attract the armature plate to compress the springs and disengage the friction disc for releasing the shaft of the load; and wherein the handle is adapted to pivot to move the other end of the slot to engage with the rod, the handle contacts and pivots the trigger to enable the trigger switch so as to de-energize the coil and reject the armature plate, the springs apply an expansion force to urge against the pin, and the in presses down both the armature plate and the friction disc for applying brake to the shaft of the load; further comprising a space provided between the head of the pin and a lower surface of the housing, whereby the pin is axially moveable relative to the housing.