Brake disc assembly
AssigneeAutomotive Products plc
InventorRichard A. Bass
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Abstract
A brake disc assembly with fasteners for securing the disc to a wheel, together with spacers associated with the fasteners for allowing the disc limited axial play relative to the wheel, there being a holder on the disc having surfaces between which the spacers are gripped.
Claims10
A brake disc assembly for fastening to a wheel and comprising a disc having a number of circumferentially spaced radial slots in a periphery thereof, a plurality of spacers each received in a respective one of said radial slots, fastening means passing through each spacer for securing each spacer to the wheel such that said disc is allowed limited axial play relative to the wheel, and a plurality of holders each received in a respective one of said radial slots, each holder comprising means for resiliently gripping the disc and further comprising means for holding one of said spacers in position in its slots prior to location of the fastening means and means for resiliently biasing the said disc axially toward the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.