Shaped Disc Pad
OwnerSpencer Edwin Daw, Molly Sharon Daw +2inventors
InventorsSpencer Edwin Daw, Molly Sharon Daw, Duncan Howard Daw, Dylan Mitchell Daw
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Abstract
A brake pad for a disc-brake as used in a vehicle. The brake pad includes shaped disc contact areas on the side of the pad where the said brake pad makes contact with the brake disc during braking. The shaped nature of the pad consists of elevated and/or depressed features relative to the flat sides of the pad, generally in the shapes of sloped ridges and/or valleys, which run in an arcing configuration when viewed from the said pad's side view perspective.
Claims1
A brake pad for a vehicle disc-brake system, generally having two fixed non-rotating and opposing brake pads which, during braking, make pressurized sliding friction contact with the sides of a shaped spinning brake disc in a clamping motion to slow or stop the said disc, thereby slowing or stopping the connected vehicle, with said brake pads comprising, in the area of the pad that makes pressurized contact with the shaped disc during braking:
- one or more raised and/or depressed features generally comprising a peak or peaks and/or a valley or valleys depending on what is required to mesh with the configuration of the particular shaped features of the said engaged shaped disc;
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- which said pad shapings are comprised of features that mesh with the shaped features of the system's shaped disc when under pressurized braking and that disengage from the shaped disc when the said braking pressure is released;
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- with said shaped pad being comprised as above by virtue of original construction, modification or otherwise including any and all construction methods, modifications, and/or materials.
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