Distance compensating shim for clutch/brake and method of determining same
First Claim
1. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a device having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of non-fixed adjacent components located in a housing, the method including locating the housing in a tool having the ability to preload the adjacent components in respect to each other, preloading the adjacent components to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to a dimension of the preloaded adjacent components, comparing said distance to a standard to ascertain the size of a compensation shim, installing said compensating shim in respect to the adjacent components and thereafter completing assembly of the device.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a selectively engageable friction mechanism such as a brake assembly including series of adjoining hard anodized brake disks having an accumulation of tolerances, the method including preloading the series of brake disks in order to measure for a shim that compensates for the accumulation of tolerances.
57 Citations
74 Claims
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1. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a device having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of non-fixed adjacent components located in a housing,
the method including locating the housing in a tool having the ability to preload the adjacent components in respect to each other, preloading the adjacent components to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to a dimension of the preloaded adjacent components, comparing said distance to a standard to ascertain the size of a compensation shim, installing said compensating shim in respect to the adjacent components and thereafter completing assembly of the device.
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15. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a series of individual devices each having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of non-fixed adjacent components located in a housing,
the method including locating the housing of a particular individual device in a tool having the ability to preload the adjacent components in respect to each other, preloading the adjacent components to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to a dimension of the preloaded adjacent components, comparing said distance to a standard which is uniform for the series of devices to ascertain the size of a compensation shim for that particular individual device, installing said compensating shim in respect to the adjacent components in that particular individual device and thereafter completing assembly of the particular individual device so as to provide uniformity across the series of devices.
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22. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a device having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of non-fixed adjacent components located in a housing, the device having a desired level of operation,
the method including locating the housing in a tool having the ability to preload the adjacent components in respect to each other, preloading the adjacent components to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to a dimension of the preloaded adjacent components, comparing said distance to a series of standards to select the size of a compensation shim appropriate for the desired level of operation, installing said compensating shin in respect to the adjacent components and thereafter completing assembly of the device.
- 28. A compensation part for an engagement mechanism having a multiplicity of parts having a compaction distance and a design distance, the improvement of including a shim in the accumulation of parts, which shim has a thickness substantially equal to the difference between said compaction distance and said design distance to compensate for such difference.
- 34. A compensation part for a series of individual engagement mechanisms, each individual engagement mechanism having a multiplicity of parts having a compaction distance, there also being a design distance for the series of individual engagement mechanisms, the improvement of including a shim in the accumulation of parts of each particular individual engagement mechanism, which shim has a thickness substantially equal to the difference between said compaction distance for said particular engagement mechanism and said design distance for the series of individual engagement mechanisms to compensate for such difference to provide for uniformity across the series of mechanisms.
- 38. A compensation part for an engagement mechanism having a multiplicity of parts having a compaction distance and a known design distance for a given desired level of operation, which level may vary, the improvement of including a shim in the accumulation of parts, which shim has a thickness substantially equal to the difference between said compaction distance and said known design distance to provide for the given desired level of operation.
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42. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a brake having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of flat brake disks located in a housing with a reaction surface,
the method including locating the housing in a tool having the ability to preload the top of the brake disks towards the reaction surface, preloading the brake disks to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to the top of the brake disks and the reaction surface, comparing said distance to a standard to ascertain the size of a compensation shim, installing said compensating shim in respect to the brake disks and thereafter completing assembly of the brake.
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50. The method of claim 4221 characterized in that there are no resilient components to be preloaded prior to measurement.
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58. An improvement for a method for manufacturing a brake having an intermediate assembly stage with a series of adjacent flat brake disks located in a housing cavity between a movable piston and a housing reaction surface,
the method including locating the housing in a preload tool having the ability to preload the piston towards the reaction surface, preloading the piston and brake disks between the preload tool and reaction surface to a predetermined loading, measuring a distance relative to the piston and the reaction surface, comparing said distance to a standard to ascertain the size of a compensation shim, installing said compensating shim in respect to the piston and thereafter completing assembly of the brake.
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65. A compensation part for an engagement mechanism having brake discs and an adjacent piston in an accumulation of parts having a compaction distance and a design distance in respect to a reaction surface of a housing cavity containing same,
the improvement of including a shim in the accumulation of parts on the opposite side of the piston from the brake discs, which shim has a thickness substantially equal to the difference between said compaction distance and said design distance to compensate for such.
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69. An engagement mechanism, said engagement mechanism having interleaved brake discs and an adjacent piston in an accumulation of parts in a housing surrounding a driveshaft,
said accumulation of parts having a compaction distance in respect to a reaction surface of the housing cavity containing same, a shim, said shim being in the accumulation of parts on the opposite side of the piston from the brake discs and the reaction surface of the housing cavity, which shim has a thickness substantially equal to the difference between said compaction distance and a design distance to compensate for variances in such compaction distance.
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73. A shim for an engagement mechanism, said shim having a size and said size being color coded.
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74. A method of measurement of a quality of a shim, said measurement including an indicator and said indicator having a color to represent the quality of the shim.
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