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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028810 | Disk brake A disk brake having a brake caliper, which engages axially in a U shape around a rotatable brake disk is provided. The disk brake includes a caliper bridge, two caliper limbs and at least one actuating device. At least one brake lining is mounted in an axially movab... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7422091 | Disc brake having an electromotively actuated adjusting system A disc brake, particularly for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper that overlaps a brake disc, a tensioning device for tensioning brake pads, and an adjusting system for compensating for wear to the brake pads and/or brake disc. The adjusting system has at ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7353920 | Fluid cooled brake housing A housing (10) for a braking system (56) comprises a casing (12) defining a cavity (14) for housing one or more friction pads (15). The casing (12) is composed of a plurality of separate walls including a circumferential wal... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7216745 | Mounting friction elements to disc brakes Disk brake friction element mounting system provides spaced mounting elements or guides for the friction elements, the spacing of the mounting elements permitting at least one friction element to be located in its working position by insertion edgewise through the s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137488 | Disk brake caliper having re-enforcing bridge A brake apparatus includes a caliper with two housing members secured together by a C-section bridge. The housing members straddle a rotor, so as to be able to urge one or more pistons disposed therein to apply brake pads against the rotor, thereby effectuating a br... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6722476 | Caliper for a disk brake for a high-performance motorcar A caliper for disk brakes for high-performance cars, which has a high degree of reliability, comprises a body having two side portions and two transverse bridges connecting the two side portions, cylinder-piston units arranged along each side portion, and a circuit ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6367595 | Disk brake with improved caliper An opposed-piston type disk brake having a one-piece caliper having increased rigidity. The disk brake has a one-piece caliper having an inner portion formed with a first cylinder. The inner portion is fastened to a stationary part of the vehicle. The cal... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6260670 | Opposed piston type disc brake An opposed piston type disc brake comprising an outer body, an inner body, cylinders, pistons, and pads. A rotor rotates together with a wheel being interposed between the outer and inner bodies. The cylinders are opposed to each other and arranged in bot... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6131706 | Disc brake, particularly for motor vehicles This is an invention of an improved disc brake for motor vehicles. The disc brake is of a floating caliper design with a U-shaped caliper-holder body extending through a floating caliper. Two brake pads are seated on flanges of the floating caliper. The f... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5735368 | Disk brake mounting member A disc brake mounting member has a pair of mounts to be secured to a non-rotating part of a vehicle on one side of a disc rotatably provided in the vehicle. The mounting member also has a pair of arms positioned on the outer side of the mounts in a radial... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5564532 | Mounting member for disk brake An inner arm for receiving a brake torque applied to an inner pad when a car is running forwardly includes a reinforcing rib, in the portion thereof situated near the opposite side to the side where a torque receiving portion of the inner arm is located. ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5363944 | Floating-frame spot-type disc brake for high-torque automotive vehicles A floating-frame spot-type disc brake is described comprising a floating frame (1) guided in a manner axially displaceable on a brake carrier (12), and being furnished with two brake cylinders (2, 3) and two brake pistons (4, 5) directly acting on two axi... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5343985 | Floating-caliper spot-type disc brake for high-powered vehicles The invention is related to a spot-type disc brake with a stationary brake carrier (19) at which a floating caliper (1) is slidingly guided which straddles the edge of a brake disc (10), with two brake cylinders (11, 12) which are positioned on the intern... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5282521 | Shell disc brake A disc brake with a caliper housing having first and second side walls, the first wall having a cavity with a piston slidably mounted therein, the piston having a first shoe for frictional engagement with one of the sides of a rotor, the housing also havi... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5249649 | Disc brake caliper of continuous hoop type A disc brake caliper comprises a cast body including an inboard support, an outboard support, a pair of spaced parallel bridge tension members and a central bridge compression member, with the one ends of the bridge members connected to the inboard suppor... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5158159 | Spot-type disc brake, in particular for automotive vehicles A spot-type disc brake in which a brake carrier elastically mounts a brake frame on a pair of guide rods so as to allow limited axial tilting. The brake carrier has a pair of axial arms receiving the brake pads therebetween and each attached to a radial m... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5103939 | Spot type disc brake The brake has a carrier member (12) comprising a fastening portion (14) for mounting near a brake disc (10) and a centrally disposed bridging portion (16) extending across the brake disc (10), as well as a floating caliper (30) which straddles part of the... | 04/14/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4995481 | Integrated disc brake and drum brake construction The present invention comprises an integrated disc brake (50) and drum brake (120) construction. A support member (12) is supported by a vehicle axle (14) and extends radially outwardly to provide support for a housing (52) of the disc brake (50). The hou... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4878564 | Disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly includes a brake disc rotated with a wheel in a body, a pair of brake pads disposed on opposite sides of the brake disc so as to nip the brake disc and a caliper member straddling a portion of the brake disc and having a bridge porti... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4784241 | Integrated disc brake and drum rake construction The present invention comprises an integrated disc brake (50) and drum brake (120) construction. A support member (12) is supported by a vehicle axle (14) and extends radially outwardly to provide support for a housing (52) of the disc brake (50). The hou... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4766981 | Disc brakes The present invention relates to a disc brake for use on a railway vehicle. The brake includes a service brake for normal brake applications and an auxiliary or parking brake which is spring applied and hydraulically or pneumatically released. The disc br... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4591028 | Disc brake having oppositely swingable cylinder and caliper A single brake cylinder for directly loading an inner pad against a disc, and a yoke for indirectly loading an outer pad against the disc are both swingable, respectively, about a cylinder pivot axis and a yoke pivot axis which are both substantially para... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4576257 | Disc brake with removable caliper reinforcing arm The disc brake incorporates a caliper (28) formed of two axially opposed beams (38, 40) and of two arms which are circumferentially spaced and which define a radial opening for the mounting/removal of friction components (56-62). The caliper incorporates ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4570759 | Disc brake with caliper having releasably lockable reinforcements The caliper (52), in the form of a closed frame surrounding the fixed support (50), incorporates at least one axial reinforcing member (3) joining two axially separated zones (1, 2) of the caliper by passing through them and extending radially beyond the ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4476962 | Disc brake having a sliding yoke The brake has a sliding yoke (14) in the form of a closed framed structure surrounding the stationary support of the brake and straddling the disc, the outer part (52) of the yoke being connected to the inner part (51) by at least one axially extending el... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4465164 | Pin sliding disc brake The present specification provides a caliper for use in a disc brake. The caliper has at least two body sections which are clamped together by one or more bolts, each bolt having a bore extending axially therethrough, the bores acting as pin guides for th... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4345675 | Disc brake assembly with lightweight and space saving characteristics A disc brake assembly includes a caliper assembly (20) which is movably mounted on a torque plate (14) to engage a pair of friction elements (26, 28) with a rotor (12). The caliper assembly defines a central opening (30) with abutment surfaces (32, 34) an... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4344510 | Disc brake and improved adjuster therefor A disc brake assembly includes a frame (28) which is movably disposed relative to a rotor (18) and a central opening (29) on the frame carries a pair of friction elements (30, 33) facing opposite sides of the rotor. An adjuster assembly (43) is disposed w... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4342382 | Twin-pin sliding caliper disc brakes The present specification describes and claims a twin-pin sliding caliper disc brake comprising a caliper and a torque taking member, the caliper being slidably mounted on the torque taking member on two parallel pins. One pin is fixedly and immovably sec... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4341289 | Disc brakes A disc brake assembly comprises a fixed carrier or torque member 2 upon which is mounted by way of pins 14 a clamping or caliper member 13. The opposite sides 16,21 of the caliper 13 are interconnected by integral webs of metal 19,20 which are disposed sy... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4301895 | Disc brakes for railway vehicles A disc brake comprises a rigid caliper which straddles the peripheral edge of a rotatable disc, and friction pads for engagement with the disc are located in the caliper. One pad is applied directly to the disc by an actuator which is provided in adjacent... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4256207 | Disc brake A disc brake including a brake lever, a cylindrical cam member rotatably supported in a mounting hole and connected to the brake lever, a push rod reciprocably disposed in a bore which opens to and extends transverse to the mounting hole, and a connecting... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4142611 | Disc brake with mechanical actuator The present invention relates to a mechanical disc brake wherein a pair of friction elements are urged into engagement with a rotor to effectuate braking of the rotor. A frame slidably engaging a support carries the pair of friction elements and a second ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4129200 | Disc brake and mounting therefor A disc brake includes a frame which carries a pair of friction elements on opposite sides of a rotor. A support fixedly secured to an axle housing cooperates with the frame to permit sliding axial movement and pivoting of the frame relative to the support... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4121700 | Disc brakes for vehicles In a disc brake of the kind in which the clamping member straddling the disc consists of pressure plates located on opposite sides of the disc and interconnected at their outermost ends by draw-bars, each draw-bar is provided at one end with a threaded po... | 10/24/1978 |
