Ventilated brake rotor
AssigneeBlakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
InventorSTEPHEN JOHN RUIZ
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A ventilated brake rotor having vents disposed between two discs. The vents are defined by an adjacent pair of vanes distributed around the first disc and disposed below the second disc. Each vane is defined by a camber. The camber, in turn, is parallel to a curve that is defined by two camber lines. The curve is tangent to the leading end of a first camber line and tangent to a trailing end of the second camber line. The first and the second camber lines intersect where the first camber line is defined from a point on the interior radius of one of the two discs that intersects a datum. Moreover, the first camber line extends at a throat angle from the datum.
Claims20
A ventilated brake rotor, comprising:
- a first disc defining a center, an interior radius, and a first datum, wherein the first datum extends from the center of the first disc to a point that intersects the interior radius;
- a second disc;
- and
- a plurality of vents, each vent defined by an adjacent pair of vanes distributed around the first disc and disposed below the second disc,
- wherein each vane is defined by at least one camber,
- wherein the at least one camber is parallel to a first curve,
- wherein the first curve is tangent to a point that is adjacent to a leading end of a first camber line and tangent to a point that is adjacent to a trailing end of a second camber line,
- wherein a trailing end of the first camber line intersects a leading end of the second camber line,
- wherein the first camber line is defined from a point that is adjacent to the intersection of the first datum and the interior radius, and
- wherein the first camber line extends at a throat angle from the first datum.
An automobile, comprising:
- a ventilated brake rotor, the ventilated brake rotor including
- a first disc defining a center, an interior radius, and a first datum, wherein the first datum extends from the center of the first disc to a point that intersects the interior radius,
- a second disc, and
- a plurality of vents, each vent defined by an adjacent pair of vanes distributed around the first disc and disposed below the second disc,
- wherein each vane is defined by at least one camber,
- wherein the at least one camber is parallel to a first curve,
- wherein the first curve is tangent to a point that is adjacent to a leading end of a first camber line and tangent to a point that is adjacent to a trailing end of a second camber line,
- wherein a trailing end of the first camber line intersects a leading end of the second camber line,
- wherein the first camber line is defined from a point that is adjacent to the intersection of the first datum and the interior radius, and
- wherein the first camber line extends at a throat angle from the first datum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.