Opposed piston type brake assembly

A brake assembly comprising:

• an actuator configured to generate torque;
• an inboard-side piston mechanism disposed on an inboard-side of a brake caliper and configured to perform an inboard-side brake operation in association with an inboard-side surface of a brake rotor;
• an inboard-side drive mechanism operably connected with the actuator and configured to be driven by the torque generated by the actuator to transfer the torque generated by the actuator to the inboard-side piston mechanism and a shaft extending from an inboard side of the brake assembly to an outboard side of the brake assembly;
• an outboard-side piston mechanism disposed on an outboard-side of the brake caliper and opposed to the inboard-side piston mechanism relative to the brake rotor, the outboard-side piston mechanism configured to perform an outboard-side brake operation in association with an outboard-side surface of the brake rotor;
• an outboard-side drive mechanism configured to transfer the torque, generated by the actuator and transferred through the inboard-side drive mechanism and the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to an outboard side of the brake assembly, to the outboard-side piston mechanism;
• and
• the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard side of the brake assembly to transfer the torque of the inboard-side drive mechanism to the outboard-side drive mechanism, such that the torque generated from the actuator and transferred to the inboard-side drive mechanism configured to drive the inboard-side piston mechanism is transferable to the outboard-side drive mechanism through the shaft to drive the outboard-side piston mechanism,
• wherein the inboard-side drive mechanism comprises:
• a first gear coupled to the inboard-side drive mechanism to transfer the torque generated by the actuator to the inboard-side drive mechanism;
• and
• a second gear operably connected with the first gear and coupled to the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard side of the brake assembly to transfer a torque received from the first gear to the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard side of the brake assembly,
• wherein the outboard-side drive mechanism comprises a belt connected between the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard side of the brake assembly and the outboard-side drive mechanism to transfer a torque of the shaft extending from the inboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard side of the brake assembly to the outboard-side drive mechanism.