Patent ID: 8800727

Claim:
A wet disc brake system comprising: a housing configured to form a sealed cavity about a body rotating relative to the housing; one or more brake callipers disposed in the housing, the brake callipers provided with one or more cylinders; the housing having an outer casing which extends circumferentially about the one or more callipers, and a first plate disposed on one side of the outer casing, the first plate being provided with: a) an opening for each of the cylinders, wherein each cylinder is seated in a respective opening; and b) a plurality of calliper fastening holes capable of being aligned with holes in a structural component of an axle housing, wherein fasteners are able to engage the callipers, pass through the calliper holes in the first plate and into the holes of the structural component wherein load on the one or more callipers during braking is transferred to and borne by the axle housing via the fasteners.