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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721854 | Assured running clearance caliper A brake mechanism fixed to a member allowing limited reciprocal motion and providing a restorative force to the movable member in one direction of movement thereof. A brake mechanism includes a rotor fixed to and wheel about an axle axis has a caliper assembly spann... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708121 | Piston dust boot seal for disc brake assembly A disc brake system comprising a brake piston with an annular groove defined in an outer side wall of said piston disposed to slide within a cylinder. A dust boot seal made of a flexible material having a first end and a second end, the first end engaging an outboar... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7356901 | Method of forming bushings between guide pins and guide pin bores A disc brake having an anchor bracket fixed to a vehicle, a rotor fixed to and rotatable with a wheel and a caliper that spans the disc and supports a pair of opposed braking pads with respect to the rotor. Parallel alignment members fixed to the caliper and having ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337881 | Full float multi-force caliper assembly A disc brake having a caliper straddling a rotor; a fixed carrier, an actuator comprising a primary cylinder located in the caliper and closed by a piston; a guide arrangement including first and second pins for allowing the caliper to slide relative to the carrier ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7284642 | Disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle The invention relates to a disc brake, especially for a utility vehicle, said disc brake comprising a caliper which is provided with a brake disc able to interact with brake linings and is fixed to a brake anchor plate in such a way that it can be axially displaced ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7249658 | Wide caliper assembly design A disc brake caliper assembly is provided including a support bracket, a pair of slide pins, and a caliper body. The support bracket includes an inboard rail and an outboard rail. The inboard rail defines a pair of engagement bores. The pair of slide pins engage the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7168529 | Brake caliper for disc brake assembly and method and apparatus for producing same This invention relates to a brake caliper adapted for use in a vehicle disc brake assembly and method and apparatus for producing the same. The method for producing the brake caliper comprises the steps of: (a) providing a mold member having at least two mold sectio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7014018 | Vehicle braking device A braking device includes a caliper housing having two parallel flanges assembled at each end by a transverse guard so as to define a median opening for positioning pads. The pads have, at each of their upper end, fittings to be supported and guided by shafts acting... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6942388 | Bearing structure A bearing structure includes a cylindrical first member (10), and a second member (20) received in the first member. The first member is made of ceramic sintered material. The first member defines a first axle hole (11), and the first axle hole ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6609593 | Disc brake A protective boot having a bellows portion, a cylindrical portion, a guide-bore-side mounting portion, a thick-walled portion, a thin-walled portion, a pin-side mounting portion and an air passage groove. In an operation for mounting of the protective boo... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6533079 | Disc brake A guide pin (36,42) for caliper (16) of a disc brake assembly (10) having a first cylindrical body (102,202) having a first head (104,204) thereon secured to a second cylindrical body (112,212) having a second head (114,214) on a first end and a threaded ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6397983 | Automatic adjustment for disc brake pad A mechanism for a sliding-pin type disc brake assembly provides a gap between a brake pad and the rotor. The mechanism includes a bushing that receives a sliding pin and a resilient element between the end of the pin and the end of the bushing. The pin re... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6250440 | Shear-damped disc brake A sliding caliper disc brake for a motor vehicle having a disc, a carrier (2), a caliper (3) and pads (52). The carrier (2), respectively, provides bearing surfaces (61b, 63b) for the caliper (3) and pads (52) having a non-zero angle (Ab) which opposes ro... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6223867 | Disk brake A disk pass portion for receiving a part of a disk is provided between a cylinder portion and an outer claw portion of a caliper body at the inner peripheral side of a bridge portion of the caliper body. A pair of mounting portions extend arcuately from b... | 05/01/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6039156 | Slide pin bushing for disc brake assembly A slide pin bushing for use in a vehicle disc brake caliper assembly adapted to selectively frictionally engage a rotor connected to a vehicle wheel includes an anchor plate adapted to be secured to a stationary component of the vehicle, and a caliper sec... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6026938 | Guide pin and bearing for a disc brake A guide pin (24) attached to a caliper (21) and located in a bore (28) of an anchor bracket or carrier member (22) in a disc brake (10). The carrier member (22) and caliper (21) move with respect to each other in response to a force developed by a piston ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6003642 | Pad clip for a disc brake A pad clip 40 includes a U-shaped portion 46 which can be engaged with a guide projection 16 provided in a support 14. On one side of the U-shaped portion 46, a first spring portion 74 is continuously connected to a second spring portion 64. The first spr... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5931267 | Disc brake A slide guide mechanism consisting of guide holes and guide pins inserted into the guide holes, is used to mount a caliper on a support member, which is attached to a vehicle, such that the caliper is able to move in the axial direction of a rotor. The ca... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5927446 | Slide pin bushing and boot seal assembly for disc brake assembly An improved structure for a slide pin bushing and boot seal assembly for use in a vehicle disc brake caliper assembly adapted to selectively frictionally engage a rotor connected to a vehicle wheel includes an anchor plate adapted to be secured to a stati... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5785156 | Sliding brake caliper system A slidable brake caliper system includes a retaining pin that is slip fit within a bore of a mounting bracket to slidably retain a caliper relative to the mounting bracket. A resilient cylindrical retaining support in combination with a resilient bushing ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5749445 | Disk brake with improved recoil A disk brake for use in a vehicle. The disk brake has a caliper (1) which straddles a disk (2) and a carrier (3) which is fixed to a stationary member on the vehicle. A cylinder (4) secured to the caliper (1) has a bore (4a) which is closed by a piston (5... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5730258 | Bushing assembly for a caliper disk brake A bushing assembly (30) for a caliper disk brake includes a pair of bushings (32) opposingly disposed on a common centerline (34) in a caliper brake bolt bore (56). Each bushing (32) has a cylindrical body section (40) and a flange (50) extending from the... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5657837 | Caliper support mechanism A caliper support mechanism for supporting a disc brake caliper is slidably supported by a slide pin. The end face 21 of the stepped portion 11 of the lug 5C of the caliper 5 is arcuately incurved in cross section such that the center of a circle defined ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5620064 | Disk brake having a hidden clip for a brake pad pin A disk brake comprises a caliper including a claw portion, a pair of pads including back plates, a pin slidably supporting the pads, and a clip for preventing removal of the pin from the disk brake. The claw portion includes at its side end a first extens... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5593006 | Sliding caliper disk-brake A disk brake having a caliper which slides on a stationary support formed by at least one axial guide pin for moving at least one friction pad against a rotating disk. A locking device which engages the stationary support to prevent the caliper from rotat... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5526904 | Floating caliper brake, especially a floating caliper spot type disc brake A floating caliper brake comprises two bolts (16, 18) which are axially displaceable in bores (20, 22) to guide the floating caliper (10). One bolt/bore pair matches accurately, while the other bolt/bore pair fits together with relatively more clearance. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5515951 | Elastically returned sliding disk brake A disk brake having a yoke having a caliper mounted on a carrier by a guide pin. A spring having a filiform structure with a first end connected to an arch of the caliper and a second end connected to the yoke. The first end of the spring engages the yoke... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5472068 | Floating-caliper spot-type disc brake with a light-metal brake housing A cast-aluminum floating caliper of a floating-caliper spot-type disc brake is reinforced by means of reinforcing elements of a high-tensile material. In accordance with one embodiment of this invention the floating caliper is provided with recesses in an... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5439084 | Device for a guiding sliding caliper for a disk-brake Device for guiding a sliding caliper (4) for a disk-brake, comprising a support (1), a screw (2) and a carrier (3). The carrier is rotationally and translationally blocked, except in a direction perpendicular to its axis (3a) by virtue of an open ring (10... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5263555 | Disk-brake The invention relates to a disk-brake having a caliper (12) mounted slidably on a stationary support (10), comprising two friction elements (16, 18) received in an anchored and sliding member in the stationary support (10) and capable of coming into frict... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5261678 | Dust-proof boot and method for mounting the same A dust-proof boot comprising an internal engaging ring extended from one end of an expansible bellows portion and an external engaging ring provided upwardly thereof and capable of being spread is provided at an extended base of the internal engaging ring... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249648 | Wedge type disc brake The disk-brake comprises a clevis (5), a sliding caliper (3) and an operating mechanism, the latter comprising a mechanism (19) having a wedge displaceable longitudinally between the caliper (3) and a piston, to move them apart, through the action of a pu... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5226510 | Disc brake with slidable caliper The invention relates to a disc-brake with a caliper (2) slidably mounted on a stationary support (1), comprising two friction pads, (4, 5) anchorably and slidably received in the stationary support (1) and capable of frictionally engaging with the opposi... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5217093 | Disc brakes The present specification discloses a clamp member and a torque taking member with the clamp member being slidably mounted on the torque taking member by at least one sliding pin connection, whereby the clamp member can slide relative to the torque taking... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5183136 | Pin boot for a disc brake A pin boot for use in a disc brake including a support mechanism for supporting a disc brake main body, a slide hole and a pin which is fittable with the support member, which pin boot comprises: a flange portion mounted to a boss portion of an opening of... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5161651 | Dust cover for a mounting pin A damping bushing for a guide pin of a spot-type disc brake is disclosed, having an elastic pleated cup formed with a first end section fixed to a cylindrical body receiving the guide pin, and also formed with a second end section adapted to be assembled ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5086886 | Disc brake and cap seal therefor A disc brake (10) for a motor vehicle comprising a stationary support for mounting on the motor vehicle; a caliper (12) slidably mounted on the stationary support; at least one pin (14) fixed at one end (22) to either the stationary support or the caliper... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5052526 | Spot-type disc brake A spot-type disc brake is disclosed including a brake carrier including a mounting section extending substantially in parallel to a brake disc, and two brake carrier arms protruding beyond the rim of the brake disc. A brake housing is disposed in axially ... | 10/01/1991 |
