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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828123 | Caliper and brake lining for a brake caliper A brake calliper for a disc brake, in particular for motor cycles and/or bicycles, includes a housing (30) for accommodating brake linings (40) which grip a brake disc during braking, with the housing having an abutment area (33) for contact wit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7481304 | Pad assembly for disc brake First to third inner locking pieces 12 to 14 are provided at both ends of an inner shim plate 2a in a radial direction of a rotor so as to be bent toward the pad, respectively. First to third outer locking pieces 15, 17 and 18 | 01/27/2009 |
| 7410034 | Drum brake A parking brake including a disc fixed to a vehicle and a plurality of clips attached to the disc to align channels on first and second brake shoes with a braking surface on a drum. Each clip has a rectangular shape with a flat first end fixed to the disc and a U-sh... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370736 | Laminated shim for disc brake and pad unit having the laminated shim A laminated shim for a disc brake has a pad side shim and a pressing member side shim. The pad side shim is provided at a backside of a backing plate of pad. The pressing member side shim is disposed between the pad side shim and a pressing member used for pressing ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370737 | Disc brake for a vehicle A disc brake for a vehicle has a caliper body including an acting section having a cylinder hole and provided on a first side of a disc rotor, a reacting section on a second side of the disc rotor and a bridge section connecting the acting section with the reacting ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334666 | Disk brake A disk brake including friction pads disposed opposite to a brake disk, a bracket provided with support portions for movably supporting the friction pads so as to permit sliding along the axial direction of the brake disk, and retainers each interposed between the f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318503 | Pad retaining clips A brake caliper mounting clip is disposed between a brake caliper having a brake pad channel and a brake pad having an edge member. The edge member moves in the brake pad channel between a rotor gap and a caliper housing. The clip further comprises a pad holding por... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299903 | Symmetric brake clip A brake pad clip for a disc brake assembly is disposed between a caliper member and a brake pad. A U-shaped section includes a base portion with opposing symmetrical leg portions extending at substantially right angles from the base portion. The U-shaped section is ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7255208 | Aircraft brake wheel heat shield A perforated heat shield (20) is formed of a single layer and is implemented to be positioned between an aircraft brake assembly (34) and wheel assembly (28) in order to effectively protect the wheel assembly (28) and adjacent components ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234568 | High performance disk brake A support bracket for a disk brake of the type having a floating caliper comprises securing means for securing the support bracket to the suspension of a vehicle, and support means suitable for slidably supporting a sliding caliper body. The support bracket comprise... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219773 | Disc brake for vehicle A disc brake for a vehicle has a caliper bracket fixed to a vehicle body, a pair of caliper support arms striding an outer periphery of a disc rotor in a disc axial direction, pad guide grooves formed in the caliper support arms so as to be opposed to each other, fr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178641 | Automobile brake caliper for reducing noise An automobile brake caliper for reducing noise is disclosed. An elastic member is installed so that elastic forces can act between the respective components. Thus, when the automobile generates vibrations while running over a rough terrain, the adjacent components a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163089 | Pad clip of disc brake apparatus A pad clip 12 is provided between a backing plate 6 and an engaging portion 4 of a support member 1 to prevent rattling of the backing plate 6 during non-braking period and generation of hitting sound during braking period. In orde... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7032723 | Brake assembly with tuned mass damper A tuned mass damper for sound-dampening brake squeal noise is located within a hole formed in a brake component such as a backplate supporting a brake pad. The location of the hole and the weight and geometry of the tuned mass damper are tailored to provide effectiv... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021727 | Vehicle brake system for preventing brake noise There is a case where first and second pressurizing units press different portions of friction members to a brake disc so as to press the friction members to the brake disc with predetermined pressing force, thereby generating braking force. When the brake noise is ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994190 | Brake pad for disk brake A pad for a disk brake comprising a plate for supporting a friction lining which can come into contact, at the braking stage, with a disk associated with the brake is characterized in that the pad comprises weights associated rigidly with the plate for varying the m... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962243 | Multi-disc brake system A multi-disc brake system for automotive vehicles includes a plurality of discs slideably supported on a hub and a plurality of brake pad assemblies slideably supported on a bridge projecting from a stationary knuckle body. The pad assemblies are moved by a piston i... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955247 | Disc brake, in particular for a motor vehicle, pad for such a brake and anti-noise shim for such a pad Disc brake comprising two pads each intended to cooperate with a lateral face of the disc to be braked under the action of control element comprising an axially mobile piston, parallel to the disc axis, in a caliper straddling the disc. The piston cooperates accordi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926124 | Floating disk brake A floating disk brake having a caliper designed so as to be movable more freely in the radial direction of the rotor following any run-out or thermal expansion of the rotor and movable less freely in the tangential direction of the rotor to reduce uneven wear of the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923513 | Vehicle brake squeal control device A brake squeal control device is proposed in which specific control for reducing brake squeals can be carried out to meet the will of a driver, and squeal control conditions for starting squeal reduction can be set individually to meet the requirements of drivers. S... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920965 | Spot-type disc brake with a spring assembly for a brake pad The present invention relates to a spot-type disc brake with a brake housing straddling a brake disc, with at least one brake pad that is arranged in the brake housing so as to be slidable in the actuating direction and cooperates tribologically with the brake disc ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6644444 | Retainer clip for brake-pad support pins A retainer clip for brake-pad support pins of vehicle brake calipers, is provided, wherein at least one support pin that is supported removably by a caliper element, which is intended to hold the pads, and which has a safety device associated removably wi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6478122 | Disc brake A disc brake having an anchor member with first and second grooves that receive first and second ears on a backing plate to align a friction surface of a friction pad with a rotor. A first slipper spring is secured to the anchor and located between the fi... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6405840 | Rigid panel attachment for brake linings A brake lining assembly for a wheel brake of a vehicle braking system includes a backing plate and a friction pad overlying the backing plate. An engagement panel is disposed between the backing plate and the friction pad for securing the friction pad to ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397982 | Disc brake housing An annular disc brake assembly has a housing mounted to a vehicle and a rotor disk mounted to a wheel of the vehicle. A pair of annular brake shoes are in frictional engagement with the rotor disk during a brake action, and resiliently supported by the ho... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6378666 | Disc brake A spring clip located in a rail of an anchor of a disc brake to hold a carrier for a friction pad and provide a surface on which a projection on the carrier slides during movement of a the carrier toward a rotor by an input force to effect a brake applica... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6302244 | Brake squeal attenuator apparatus and method A brake squeal attenuator for use with aircraft wheel brake assemblies. The attenuator includes a housing having a piston member and a weight disposed therein. The piston member and weight are biased by a spring disposed within the housing. The housing in... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6302243 | Stiffening bracket for brake calipers A stiffening bracket for a brake caliper that includes an aperture. The aperture has a diagonal length. The bracket includes a support having a first end and a second end. The bracket also includes a first extension attached to the first end and a second ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298956 | Brake lining for a partial lining disk brake The present invention discloses a brake lining which, in order to reduce and eliminate noises, has a sliding metal sheet in addition to the classical lining parts such as friction lining, lining support plate and damping plate. Further, the damping plate ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296085 | Disk brake A disk brake which can effectively suppress brake squeaks both during forward-travel braking and backward-travel braking. Pads having lugs at both ends of their back plates engaged in guide grooves formed in guide portions of a torque member are biased ra... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6296084 | Torque transmission device In a multi-disc torque transmission device such as an aircraft brake assembly in which stator discs are carried by a torque tube and rotor discs are rotatable with a wheel carried by a bearing mounted on an axle, a spacer member provides radial support be... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6286636 | Disc brake A disc brake comprises pads, a support member, elastic members, and a caliper. The pads include first engaging portions having first slanted surfaces with a first distance therebetween. The support member straddles the rotor and is supported on a body. Th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269915 | Pad clip for a disc brake A pad clip for a disc brake including at least one friction pad and a support member. The pad clip comprises a first U-shaped portion, a second U-shaped portion, and a third side portion. The first U-shaped portion includes a first base portion and first ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223866 | Damped pad spring for use in a disc brake assembly This invention related to a multi-layered damped pad spring adapted for use in a disc brake assembly. The disc brake assembly includes an anchor bracket adapted to be secured to a vehicle component, a brake caliper adapted to be secured to the anchor brac... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6206147 | Disc brake In a disc brake of the type in which the outer pad is directly supported by the pawls 1a and 1b of the caliper 1 in a manner that the protrusions 5b and 5c of the back plate 5a of the outer pad 5 are put in engagement with the engaging parts 1c and 1d of ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206146 | Disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly having a pair of brake shoes to be pressed into contact with a disc rotor secured for rotation with a road wheel of an automotive vehicle, wherein the brake shoes each are provided with a pair of laterally spaced friction pad members... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6186288 | Disc brake A disc brake which can suppress pad vibration includes an outer pad which while contacting the disc rotor is turned such that the side wall of a guide groove in a support arm on the outer peripheral side abuts with the side face of a projecting section on... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6047794 | Vibration damper for use in wheel brake A vibration damper for detecting vibrations of break pads and vibrating the pads in such a way as to damp the vibrations detected. The damper has the function of adjusting control constants for a control circuit according to the degree of deterioration wi... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6003641 | Wheel and brake assembly A wheel and brake assembly comprising an axle, a bearing supported on the axle, a wheel rotatably mounted on the axle by the bearing and a torque tube located in a fixed position about the axle. The torque tube includes a torque tube foot extending radial... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5975252 | Disk brake Two shim plates provided for a friction pad are arranged to be slidable relative to each other in the circumferential direction of a disk, thereby suppressing the transmission of rotational force from the disk to a caliper through the friction pad and so ... | 11/02/1999 |
