Disc brake shoe dampener, method of making same
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorDaniel Julius Vanden Bossche
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Abstract
Disc brake backing plate with a cup-shaped housing having in one embodiment a weight sandwiched between two resilient plugs and in a second embodiment, a plurality of scrap punch metal particles mixed with and incorporated in a resilient carrier.
Claims3
Disc brake vibration inhibiting apparatus for a disc brake shoe of the type comprising a pad and a backing plate, said vibration inhibiting apparatus including a cup-shaped metallic member having the lip thereof inertia-welded directly to the backing plate, weight means within said cup-shaped metallic member, resilient means surrounding said weight means and insulating the same from the walls and bottom of said cup-shaped member, the bottom of said cup-shaped metallic member being deformed inwardly towards said backing plate to cause said resilient means to be in a compressed condition.
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