Anti-squeal shim used in a disc-brake
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Kawamura, Hideyuki Hayashi
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Abstract
An anti-squeal shim used in a disc-brake, wherein a disc is urged by a friction pad assembly (or assemblies), as an insertion placed between the pad assembly and an urging means for pressing the pad assembly onto the disc, which shim is made solely of metal, in particular aluminum or aluminum-based alloy, or brass, with the object of enhancing the durability as well as the squeal preventing ability.
Claims10
An anti-squeal shim arrangement used for a disc-brake, the arrangement comprising a rotatable disc, a pair of friction pad assemblies, means for urging each of said friction pad assemblies toward said disc, and a respective shim inserted in a sandwich-like manner between each of said friction pad assemblies and said urging means, each said shim consisting solely of a respective plate of a metallic material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum-based alloys and brass, said plates being free of all coatings, and constructed and arranged to have metal surfaces in direct contact with said urging means and with respective ones of said friction pad assemblies throughout the operating life of said shims without any intervening substances.
An anti-squeal shim arrangement used for a disc-brake, the arrangement comprising a rotatable disc, at least one friction pad assembly, means for urging said friction pad assembly toward said disc, and a shim inserted in a sandwich-like manner between said friction pad assembly and said urging means, said shim consisting solely of a plate made of a metallic material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum-based alloys and brass, said plate being free of all coatings and, constructed and arranged to have metal surfaces in direct contact with said urging means and said friction pad assembly throughout the operating life of said shim without any intervening substances.
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