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US 5,511,638 AGranted
Return spring for a disc brake
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMatsuhisa Tsuruta
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Abstract
A disc brake for use in a vehicle comprises a mounting member for fixing the vehicle, a cylinder slidably disposed on the mounting member, a pair of disc pads each of which includes a pair of supporting portions, each of the pads supported on the mounting member at the supporting portions and a spring member which engages with each of the pads at a portion substantially on a line which connects between the supporting portions, the spring member which forces outwardly each of the pads so as to be estranged from each other.
Claims4
A disc brake for use in a vehicle comprising:
- a mounting member fixable to the vehicle in proximity to a brake disc;
- a cylinder slidably disposed on the mounting member;
- a pair of disc pads, each of which includes a pair of supporting portions and a pair of stepped holes, each of said stepped holes having a larger diameter entry portion leading to a smaller diameter portion, each of the pads being supported on the mounting member at the supporting portions;
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- a spring member which engages with each of the pads at said smaller diameter portion, said smaller diameter portion lying substantially on a line which connects between radial mid-portions of the supporting portions, the spring member fitting in said stepped holes and forcing outwardly each of the pads so as to be separated from each other.
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A disc brake for use in a vehicle comprising:
- a mounting member fixable to the vehicle in proximity to a brake disc;
- a cylinder slidably disposed on the mounting member;
- a pair of disc pads, each of which includes a pair of supporting portions extending on opposite ends of the respective disc pads in generally a circumferential direction of the disc and a pair of stepped holes, each of said stepped holes having a larger diameter entry portion leading to a smaller diameter portion, each of the pads being supported on the mounting member at the supporting portions;
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- a pair of spring members, each of which engages with each of the pads at said smaller diameter portion, said smaller diameter portion lying substantially on a line which connects between radial mid-portions of the supporting portions, the spring member fitting in said stepped holes and forcing outwardly each of the pads so as to be separated from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.