Wheel and disk brake assembly for motorcycles
OwnerHermann Klaueinventor
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Abstract
A brake disk assembly for a motorcycle wheel has a radially extending carrier integral with the hub and supporting a brake actuating member. The brake actuating member presses the friction lining of a brake disk against a brake ring on the wheel. In one embodiment of the invention only one brake actuating member is used and the two brake rings on opposite sides of the wheel are connected by a rod-like member. When the brake disk on one side of the wheel is actuated by pressing one brake disk against its brake ring, the latter brake ring presses the opposite brake ring through the connecting rod against the second brake disk. The actuating members may be either mechanical or hydraulic.
Claims15
A disk brake assembly for a vehicle wheel having a hub which is rotatably mounted on an axle, said assembly comprising first and second brake rings radially spaced from the hub and fixed on opposite sides of the wheel, first and second brake disks fully lined with a segmented friction lining disposed on opposite sides of the wheel each with its friction lining facing the first and second brake ring, respectively, a disk shaped carrier on each side of the wheel and supporting the said brake disks against rotation in their positions facing the brake rings, openings through said carriers for flow of air therethrough and over the brake rings for cooling the brake rings, means for actuating the first brake disk by moving it axially into pressing engagement with the first brake ring and circumferentially spaced means connecting the two brake rings which press the second brake ring against the friction lining of the second brake disk in response to axial movement of the first disk ring.
A disk brake assembly for a motorcycle wheel comprising a hub, brake rings secured on opposite sides of the wheel for rotation therewith, a disk brake having a friction lining facing each brake ring, means for supporting each brake disk against rotation with the wheel in said position, means for actuating the brake by contacting each brake ring with the facing friction lining, a support member integral with the hub on one side of the wheel supporting the actuating means and a supporting member on the opposite side of the wheel supporting one of the brake disks, said supporting members having circumferentially spaced openings therethrough between the hub and brake rings for flow of cooling air over the brake rings, and means connecting the brake rings whereby when one brake ring is moved axially the other brake ring is also moved axially.
An assembly for braking a vehicle wheel comprising a hub, a braking ring disposed at each side of the wheel, a means for supporting each of the braking rings, a disk brake having a friction lining facing the brake ring on each side of the wheel, means on only one side of the wheel for actuating the brake by bringing a first of the said friction linings and a first of the said brake rings into contact, means responsive to relative movement between the said first friction lining and said first brake ring for bringing the second of said friction linings into contact with the second of said brake rings, and means for supporting the disk brakes and their actuating means in said facing position, one of said supporting means being mounted for rotation with the wheel and the other being fixed against rotation with the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.