Brakes – Wheel – Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
Patent
1998-08-27
1999-08-10
Graham, Matthew C.
Brakes
Wheel
Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
188 7345, 188196P, F16D 55224
Patent
active
059344164
ABSTRACT:
A floating caliper-disc type brake is capable of defining a second gap between a disc and an outer pad when the same brake is released, preventing a dragging torque from being generated during the traveling of a vehicle, improving fuel consumption of the vehicle, and solving a jar generated when the outer pad is slid with respect to the disc. The floating caliper-disc type brake comprises an elastic member interposed between a support and a caliper and being gradually varied in retaining position thereof with respect the support and caliper depending on wearing amount of the outer pad, wherein when the brake is applied, the caliper is moved in the other direction while elastically deforming the elastic member within deformable amount of said elastic member, and when the brake is released, the caliper is moved in one direction by a second length which is smaller than a first length owing to elastic deformation of the elastic member so as to define a first gap between the disc and an inner pad and a second gap between the disc and the outer pad.
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