Method of disk attachment to cast wheel
OwnerKevin Drageinventor
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Abstract
A wheel and floating rotor disc brake assembly including a wheel having a hub with at least one projecting portion, the projecting portion having a slot formed at least a part way around thereof, the slot lying in a plane substantially normal to the axis of rotation of the wheel and parallel to the plane of rotation of the wheel. The disc brake rotor has at least one radially inward protruding tab, adapted to locate in and be fixed to the hub slot via pin elements. Axial spring clips or thrust washers are retained between the hub and the disc brake rotor by the pin elements, thereby permitting a limited degree of axial movement, or float between them.
Claims31
A wheel and floating rotor disc brake assembly including a wheel having a hub with at least one projecting portion, the projecting portion having a slot formed at least a part way around thereof, said slot lying in a plane substantially normal to the axis of rotation of the wheel and parallel to the plane of rotation of the wheel, said disc brake rotor having at least one radially inward protruding tab adapted to locate in the hub slot, and fastening means for providing floating attachment of the wheel and rotor disc.
The wheel and floating disc brake assembly of claim 6, wherein the slot passes through the outer edge of each Tobe, said slot lying in-a plane substantially parallel to the plane of rotation of the wheel.
A method of assembling a wheel hub and disc brake, wherein the centrally projecting portion of the wheel hub passes through the centre-hole of the disc brake rotor, such that the inwardly protruding tabs of the disc rotor align with the recessed portions between the lobes of the hub centre until the tabs lie in the same plane as the slots located in the hub lobes, the disc rotor is then rotated relative to the hub until the inwardly protruding tabs of the brake rotor engage the slots in the wheel hub lobes such that the holes in the tabs and the holes in the brake rotor are axially aligned in readiness to accept floating attachment means.
A method of assembling a wheel hub and disc brake, wherein the nodes of the wheel hub are passed through the recessed portion in the disc brake rotor, such that the inwardly protruding tabs of the disc are positioned between the nodes of the hub until the tabs lie in the same plane as the slots located In the hub nodes. The disc rotor Is then rotated relative to the hub until the inwardly protruding tabs of the brake rotor engage the slots In the wheel hub nodes-such that the holes In the nodes and the holes In the brake rotor are axially aligned.
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