Brake shoe having contact face with variable width
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorsHatem SHAHIN, Lothar WAGNER, Kai BRAUN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake system, the drum brake system comprising a brake drum that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis, the brake shoe having a length configured to extend in a circumferential direction of the brake drum and a width configured to extend in an axial direction of the brake drum, the brake shoe further having a contact face for contacting the brake drum to generate a braking force, wherein a width of the contact face varies along the length of the brake shoe. The invention also relates to a drum brake system comprising two such brake shoes.
Claims14
A brake shoe for a drum brake system, the drum brake system comprising a brake drum that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis,
- the brake shoe having a length configured to extend in a circumferential direction of the brake drum and a width configured to extend in an axial direction of the brake drum,
- the brake shoe further having a contact face for contacting the brake drum to generate a braking force,
- wherein a width of the contact face varies along the length of the brake shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.