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Bistable Brake

  • US 10,612,610 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2018
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A brake, comprising:

  • a friction plate configured for coupling to a shaft for rotation with the shaft about an axis of rotation;

    a pressure plate disposed about the axis on a first side of the friction plate and fixed against rotation;

    an armature plate disposed about the axis on a second side of the friction plate;

    a field shell disposed about the axis on an opposite side of the armature plate relative to the friction plate;

    a spring biasing the armature plate in a first axial direction towards the friction plate and away from the field shell to engage the brake; and

    ,a conductor disposed within the field shellwherein delivery of a first current pulse having a first polarity to the conductor when the brake is engaged establishes an electromagnetic circuit including the armature plate and the field shell that urges the armature plate in a second axial direction away from the friction plate and towards the field shell to disengage the brake, a magnetic circuit including the armature plate and the field shell is maintained after termination of the first current pulse due to a remanence in at least one of the armature plate and the field shell, the magnetic circuit generating an attractive force greater than a biasing force of the spring, and delivery of a second current pulse having a second polarity opposite the first polarity to the conductor when the brake is disengaged weakens the magnetic circuit thereby allowing the spring to move the armature plate in the first axial direction away from the field shell and towards the friction plate to engage the brake.

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