Noise reducing assemblies for disc brakes for vehicles

A disc brake for vehicles of the sliding yoke reaction type comprising a rotatable disc, friction pad assemblies adapted to be applied to opposite faces of said rotatable disc, a yoke in the form of a relatively thin plate extending over the peripheral edge of said disc, a stationary member on one side of the disc, said stationary member having axially extending grooves along opposite sides thereof, said grooves extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of said disc, each of said grooves comprising upper and lower spaced parallel faces and an inner face normal to said parallel faces, said yoke being guided in said grooves for movement in a direction parallel to the axis of said disc, actuating means for applying one of said pad assemblies directly to the face of said disc adjacent to said stationary member, the other of said friction pad assemblies being mounted in said yoke and being applied to the opposite face of said disc indirectly by the reaction on said yoke of said actuating means, said grooves defining abutment for limiting movement of said yoke with respect to said stationary member in a radial direction and resilient means biassing said yoke against the upper face of one of said grooves and against the lower face of the other of said grooves.