ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,036, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hydro-Gear LP (Sullivan, Ill.).
"Clamping brake for hydraulic rotating block" was invented by Thomas J. Langenfeld (Sullivan, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylinder-block-clamping brake apparatus has both parking brake capability and limited dynamic braking capability. The brake apparatus includes a first clamp arm and an opposed second clamp arm that are disposed about a rotating cylinder block that is drivingly engaged to a motor shaft of a hydraulic or hydrostatic drive unit. A first end of each clamp arm is in contact with a brake actuation cam and a second end of each arm is configur...