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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275624 | Disk brake unit for motorcycle To provide a motorcycle disk brake that can ensure brake force and also enable miniaturization. A motorcycle disk brake unit (10) has a part (105) of a piston (56) which projects outwards from an outer edge (35) of a brake disk ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258210 | Balanced support of brake pads A disc brake comprising a caliper, one or more brake discs and one or more brake pads. The brake pads are received on back plates or other pad support. The caliper and the pad supports are designed to take up resulting re-action forces during braking in a plane perp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7201258 | Disc brake A disc brake having a brake carrier (10) which may be fastened to the vehicle and to which bolts are fastened, comprises brake pads (32a, 32b), in the supporting plates of which U-shaped recesses (40, 40′) are formed, whic... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7097008 | Friction assembly and method for manufacturing same A friction assembly has a brake pad and a noise damping shim. The noise damping shim is engaged with a backing plate of the brake pad using a coupler. The coupler has a first coupler member formed on the backing plate and a second coupler member formed on the shim. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6932199 | Disk brake lining with protective lip Brake linings for a disk brake with a brake disk, a brake caliper, and brake linings. The brake caliper features a lining well for the brake linings. The brake linings feature at least one friction lining and further feature on the side of the brake caliper at least... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932197 | Gimbaled pad support A disc brake assembly is disclosed which is attachable to the wheel supporting portion of the frame of a cycle and which allows the orientation of the planar braking surface of the brake pad assembly to be infinitely variable within a defined range The disc brake as... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6926122 | Brake torque plate and installation method A brake torque plate and an installation method for fixedly attaching the plate to an axle tube, includes the plate formed with an opening and a continuous cut extending between the plate peripheral edge and the opening, wherein the diameter of the opening is smalle... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910555 | Caliper body for a fixed-caliper disk brake A caliper body for a fixed-caliper disk brake which can be associated with a disk in a manner such that its distance from the disk is kept unchanged and which is unusually strong and capable of a silent braking action comprises a first half-body which can house firs... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6851524 | Disc brake for motor vehicles The disc brake for a motor vehicle contains a caliper bracket to be secured to a vehicle body on the outer side of a disc rotor with respect to the vehicle body, a caliper body supported by the caliper bracket to be slidable in the axial direction of the disc rotor ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6533080 | Floating caliper type disc brake A pair of engaging protrusions provided in a support member and a pair of engaging grooves provided in a back plate of a pad are engaged with each other, and the pad is capable of being displaced only in the axial direction of a rotor. Each engaging protr... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6374960 | Brake assembly A brake assembly includes a rotatable disc which is movable along its axis of rotation. Brake pads on caliper arms are engageable with opposite sides of the disc. An actuator assembly is operable to move the caliper arms to press the brake pads against op... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328137 | Disk brake assembly An annular disk brake assembly having a housing mounted to a vehicle and a rotor disk mounted to a wheel of the vehicle. Annular brake pads extend parallel to the rotor disk within the housing and are mounted thereto with at least one brake pad being mova... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6047795 | Mounting member for disk brake and method of producing the same A disk brake mounting member having a pair of left and right arms spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of a disk. A pair of left and right pin holes are formed in the left and right arms, respectively, with different bore diameter... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5979611 | Disc brake device A torque member has thread holes for attaching itself to a vehicle body and L-shaped rails for supporting inner and outer brake pads in the circumferential direction of a disc rotor, so as to allow the brake pads to be displaced in the axial direction of ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5865275 | Rear knuckle with brake features A vehicular brake assembly comprises brake shoes and a brake disc. The brake shoes are fastened to a sheet plate and mounted inside an inner drum portion of the brake disc. The brake disc is operatively connected to an axle placed within a stationary axle... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5622241 | Trailer brake system with multiple point caliper unit mounting A trailer brake system provides an improved disc brake assembly with a caliper unit that includes a housing for mounting the pads for relative movement toward and away from the rotor and a cradle with spaced guide pins/tracks for securely supporting the h... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5551537 | Disk brake using a pulled pad with sliding bearing A sliding caliper disk brake having first and second pads with a body having first and second lateral ends. One of the first and second lateral ends tractionally engages by a yoke while the other lateral end bears against the yoke. The first and second la... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551536 | Pad support for disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly (1) of the kind including a caliper (6) and two pad assemblies (3, 4), each of which is operable to engage a respective opposite side of a brake disc (5) when the brake assembly is installed on a vehicle. The caliper includes a housi... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5467847 | Disc brake A sliding-caliper disc brake is described. To avoid inclined nonuniform tangential wear of the brake pads, each of the two brake shoes is "de-coupled" from the brake caliper and/or from a pressure plate disposed on the actuation-side ("B-side"), of the br... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5279394 | Disc brake A disc brake having two brake pads adapted to be pressed against the brake disc on either side is supported via guide pins (34, 36, 38, 40) on a brake support (10) with respect to the frictional forces occurring on braking. A force sensor is arranged on o... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5273137 | Caliper support key The caliper support key (40) provides a low spring load/high damping support for a caliper (12) mounted on a support member (14). The caliper (12) includes at each circumferential side a recess (20) which may receive a protrusion (16, 18) from the support... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5080203 | Spot-type disc brake having a sliding caliper In a spot-type disc brake guides are arranged between each of the arms of a brake support and the sliding caliper to permit displacement of the sliding caliper and the transmission of braking forces to the brake support. The guides each have a guide body ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5067594 | Resilient guide for the brake housing of a floating caliper spot-type disc brake A resilient guide for the brake housing of a floating caliper spot-type disc brake for automotive vehicles in which the brake carrier is integrated into the steering knuckle. A resilient spring for a brake housing (1) of a floating caliper spot-type disc ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5022500 | Disc brake caliper The invention is particularly concerned with a caliper for a disc brake assembly. The caliper includes a cylinder and a bridge, the bridge having an inboard portion which attaches to the cylinder, a central portion, and an outboard portion. Inboard and ou... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4905796 | Shoe mounted disc brake caliper assembly The present invention provides disc brake caliper assembly for braking a rotary disc brake of a vehicle, the disc brake caliper assembly having a mounting bracket, first and second brake shoes, and a caliper housing mounted solely on the brake shoes and c... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4852700 | Spot-type disk brake On a brake support (12) engaging over a brake disk (10) a piston (34) is supported and on the other side a floating caliper (14) is supported for axial displacement. In both cases slide guides (40) are provided for the supporting and each have a guide bod... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4844206 | Dual disk brake A disk brake comprising of a disk hub adapted to be mounted to a wheel; a plurality of annularly shaped rotors or disks; a support for mounting the rotors to the disk hub such that the rotors rotate with disk hub and are free to slide in a first direction... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4793448 | Caliper support key The caliper support key (10) includes two generally U-shaped metallic key members (20, 40) which are shaped complementary to one another. Each member (20, 40) has a radially outer arm (22, 42) which includes a radially outer arm end (28, 48) that extends ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4775033 | Floating caliper spot-type disc brake A floating caliper of a spot-type disc brake supported for displacement with respect to a carrier member which is fixed to a vehicle and includes two brake pads for pressurizing the brake disc from either side. A hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly in ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4715479 | Retraction type support assembly for a floating caliper disc brake A floating caliper disc brake including a fixed mounting block, a caliper mounted to float on the fixed mounting block and being located in a position to bridge the edge of a disc, a first friction pad supported by the caliper for movement into engagement... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4611693 | Caliper disc brake A sliding caliper disc brake including an anchor bracket adapted to be mounted in a fixed relation to a motor vehicle, the anchor bracket having a pair of facing slideways arranged substantially parallel to the axis of a disc with which the brake is to be... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4609078 | Spring entrapment of split wedge floatation device A disc brake assembly (10) includes a caliper (22) movably supported by a torque member (36). The caliper (22) and torque member (36) each have lateral recesses (44, 46, 48, 50) defining axially extending apertures (52, 54) between the caliper (22) and to... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4602703 | Disc brake system An improved disc brake system of the general type including a brake frame having a pair of spaced apart rails, a pair of brake linings slidably carried on the brake frame rails, a circular rotor rotatably carried on the wheel assembly of a vehicle and hav... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4509619 | Shoe mounted disc brake caliper and shoe support structure The disc brake caliper housing is fully mounted on, supported and retained by the brake shoes of the brake pad assemblies. All brake torque forces are transmitted from the shoes to the fixed mounting bracket. The caliper housing is subjected only to axial... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4505363 | Twin-disc brake having axially sliding calipers A twin-disc brake comprises a fixed support, extending over an angular sector of about 180°, and common to two calipers associated each with a respective disc. The calipers are mounted so as to slide axially along guides in the support and have hydraulic... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4491340 | Vehicle wheel axle and brake mounting assembly An arrangement for mounting a wheel axle and associated disc brake on a strut, particularly for use at the steerable front wheels of a motor vehicle with a front wheel drive, includes a first and a second component which are separatably connected to one a... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4440267 | Disc brake A floating caliper disc brake of the rail-slider type is disclosed. A low friction member is positioned between the anchor plate rails, upon which the caliper is supported, and the opposing caliper rails. The low friction member permits free movement of t... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4382493 | Disc brake assembly An improvement in a disc brake assembly is provided. The assembly includes: a rotatable disc; a caliper; an anchor frame for securing the said disposition of the caliper; a keyway between the caliper and an adjacent surface of the anchor frame; a key disp... | 05/10/1983 |
