Disc brake system
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Kawaguchi, Masayuki Seki
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Abstract
A disc brake having a caliper assembly support bracket and caliper assembly arranged with the caliper assembly slidably mounted in a U-shaped mounting socket to slide perpendicular to the braking surfaces of the brake disc. Brake pads extend between mounting faces of the socket on either side of the brake disc in such a way that the braking forces are resisted by the sliding engagement of the brake pads on the mounting faces. The interface width of the pads is increased to give better torsional resistance to the braking forces and hard stainless steel liners are disclosed for the mounting faces to extend the life of the support bracket.
Claims9
A disc brake system for a wheeled vehicle, including a brake disc fixed to rotate with a wheel of the vehicle, a caliper assembly support bracket fixed to the vehicle and having a mounting socket with opposed mounting faces perpendicular to the braking surfaces of said brake disc, and a caliper assembly having opposed brake pads for braking engagement with said brake disc, said caliper assembly being fixed to said caliper assembly support bracket within said mounting socket, wherein the improvement comprises
- each of said opposed brake pad extends to each of said opposed mounting faces for sliding engagement therewith, the dimension of the interface of each said pad and each said opposed mounting surface being a length greater than the width of the braking surfaces of said brake disc, said greater length extending inward from the outer radial edge of the braking surface of said disc.
A disc brake system for a wheeled vehicle, comprising
- a disc fixed about its outer periphery to a wheel;
- a caliper assembly support bracket fixed to the vehicle forming a disc cover and including a mounting socket spanning said brake disc inwardly of said disc with opposed mounting faces perpendicular to the braking surfaces of said brake disc extending on both sides of said brake disc and alignment surfaces perpendicular to the brake surface of said brake disc;
- a caliper assembly having opposed brake pads for braking engagement with said brake disc, and caliper assembly being slidably affixed to said caliper assembly support bracket within said mounting socket on said alignment surfaces and spanning said brake disc inwardly of said disc and said brake pads extending to said opposed mounting faces for sliding engagement therewith and having an interface height dimension beginning about at the outer radial edge of said brake surface and extending inward from the inner radial edge of said brake surface a dimension less then the width of said brake surface.
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