Brakes – Wheel – Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
Patent
1993-03-31
1995-01-17
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Brakes
Wheel
Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
188 7337, F16D 5504
Patent
active
053818750
ABSTRACT:
A disc brake assembly which includes a disc rotor, a mounting member having arm portions in which a pair of grooves extending toward the axial direction of the disc rotor are provided therein, a pair of brake pads disposed to both sides of the disc rotor, at least one of the brake pads having a pair of ear portions which are outwardly projected in the rotational direction of the disc rotor and which are fitted into the grooves of the mounting member so as to be slidably supported on the mounting member, a caliper member slidably supported on the mounting member so as to be movable in an axial direction of the disc rotor and pressing each of the brake pads against faces of the disc rotor, respectively and pad clips engaged with the arm portions of the mounting member so as to cover faces of the grooves and being provided with a first elastic member which is formed on the pad clip in a body and which always outwardly urges the brake pad with a low load in the diametrical direction of the disc rotor through the ear portion and a second elastic member which is formed on the pad clip in a body and which is adjacent to the first elastic member so as to be able to receive the ear portion of the brake pad with high load, respectively. According to this improved disc brake assembly, it is able to slidably support the brake pad on the mounting member without a play in the diametrical direction of the disc rotor while preventing the generation of the dragging phenomenon.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4467897 (1984-08-01), Kubo
patent: 4699254 (1987-10-01), Mery
Katagiri Masayoshi
Sakakibara Ryuichi
Tsuruta Matsuhisa
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Bartz Clifford T.
Oberleitner Robert J.
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