Brakes – Wheel – Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
Patent
1987-12-24
1989-09-12
Halvosa, George E. A.
Brakes
Wheel
Axially movable brake element or housing therefor
188 731, 188 7338, 192 30V, F16D 6538
Patent
active
048651630
ABSTRACT:
A disk brake assembly which includes a rotary brake disk rotatable with a wheel in a body, a mounting member fixed to a stationary member of a vehicle, a guide member disposed in parallel with an axial direction of the brake disk and fixed at one end portion to the mounting member, a caliper member having a tubular portion slidably supported on the guide member to be movable in an axial direction, and the caliper member straddling a portion of the brake disk and having a fluid actuator provided with a piston on one side thereof to press a first brake pad against one face of the brake disk and a reaction portion on the opposite side thereof to press a second brake pad against the other face of the brake disk. The second brake pad has a projection portion projected against the reaction portion of the caliper member on its backing plate, the reaction portion of the caliper member having a hole receiving the projection portion and supporting the projection portion, and a shim is interposed between the reaction portion of the caliper member and the backing plate of the second brake pad, the shim having a hole receiving the projection portion of the second brake pad rotatably.
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Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Halvosa George E. A.
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