Self-retracting guide pin boot and brake caliper assembly
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorKashif ARFEEN
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Abstract
A brake caliper assembly for use in a brake assembly having a brake rotor and a brake pad assembly is provided. The brake caliper assembly includes: a guide pin boot groove that includes an internal surface that is inclined at an angle more than zero with respect to an axis of a guide pin boot; a guide pin slidably inserted in the guide pin boot groove; and a guide pin boot having a first portion coupled to the guide pin boot groove and a second portion coupled to the guide pin.
Claims15
A brake caliper assembly for use in a brake assembly having a brake rotor and a brake pad assembly, the brake caliper assembly comprising:
- a guide pin boot groove comprising an internal surface that is inclined at an angle more than zero with respect to an axis of a guide pin boot;
- a guide pin slidably inserted in the guide pin boot groove;
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- a guide pin boot having a first portion coupled to the guide pin boot groove and a second portion coupled to the guide pin.
A housing of a brake caliper, the housing comprising:
- a body having a bore configured to slidably receive a guide pin;
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- a guide pin boot groove formed in the bore of the body, comprising an internal surface that is inclined at an angle more than zero with respect to an axis of a guide pin boot, wherein the guide pin boot groove is configured to receive the guide pin and the guide pin boot,
- wherein the housing houses at least a brake rotor configured to be rotatable with a wheel of a vehicle and a brake pad assembly configured to be engageable with the brake rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.