Brake caliper device
OwnerChih-Hsien Liaoinventor
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Abstract
A brake caliper device adapted to be used with a brake disk includes a positioning unit, a main body unit, a lining unit, and an actuating unit. The positioning unit includes a positioning member that is adapted to be fixed to a vehicle body, two upper guiding members and a lower guiding member that is lower than the upper guiding members. The upper and lower guiding members are connected to the positioning member and extend along an axial direction parallel to a central axis of the brake disk. The main body unit is movably connected to the upper and lower guiding members. The actuating unit is operable to move the main body unit, thereby driving the lining unit to clamp the brake disk.
Claims8
A brake caliper device adapted to be mounted to a vehicle body and adapted to be used with a brake disk, the brake disk having a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, the first and second side surfaces being perpendicular to a central axis of the brake disk, said brake caliper device comprising:
- a positioning unit including a positioning member that is adapted to be fixed to the vehicle body, two upper guiding members that are connected to said positioning member and that are parallel to the central axis, and a lower guiding member that is connected to said positioning member, that is parallel to the central axis, and that is lower than said upper guiding members;
- a main body unit including
- a first seat that is connected to said upper guiding members and said lower guiding member, that faces and is adapted to be adjacent to the first side surface of the brake disk, and that is adapted to be movable parallel to the central axis relative to the first side surface of the brake disk, and
- a second seat that is co-movably connected to said first seat, that faces and is adapted to be adjacent to the second side surface of the brake disk, and that cooperates with said first seat to define a receiving space therebetween for receiving a part of the brake disk;
- a lining unit including a first lining member that is adapted to be disposed between said first seat and the first side surface of the brake disk, that is disposed in said receiving space and that is movable parallel to the central axis, and a second lining member that is adapted to be movably disposed between said second seat and the second side surface of the brake disk, that is disposed in said receiving space and that is movable parallel to the central axis;
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- an actuating unit mounted to said first seat, said actuating unit being operable to push said first lining member to abut against the first side surface of the brake disk, so as to generate a counterforce to push said first seat away from the brake disk and to move said second seat to press said second lining member against the second side surface of the brake disk, thereby clamping the brake disk between the first and second lining members.
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