Brake disc adapter for use with anti-skid system
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorDavid Larry Davy
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Abstract
A disc adapter for attaching rotatable discs of a disc brake system to a wheel is modified to include an exciter ring of a sensor unit of an anti-skid system used in conjunction with the braking system. The exciter ring is oriented co-axially with the wheel and contains a plurality of equally and annularly spaced ripples. Rotational movement of the exciter ring and the wheel is detected by a stationary magnetic pickup device adjacent to the exciter ring.
Claims3
In a wheel and disc brake assembly having at least one substantially radially extending rotatable brake disc and a disc adapter connected to and extending axially outwardly from the rotatable brake disc to a rotatable portion of the wheel, the improvement wherein the disc adapter further comprises a substantially radially extending annular flange having a substantially flat radially extending annular surface facing axially inwardly of the wheel, the surface comprising an exciter ring portion having a plurality of equally and annularly spaced, radially extending surface variations, said exciter ring portion being adapted to be operatively situated adjacent to a magnetic pickup device spaced axially inwardly from the surface, said pickup device being a component of a skid control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.