Stamped caliper adapter
AssigneeITT Automotive, Inc.
InventorKenneth E. Gutelius
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Abstract
A two-piece stamped caliper adapter includes a cast iron anchor and a stamped steel adapter plate. The stamped adapter plate includes reinforcement ribs for providing structural rigidity and stiffness to withstand the loads imposed by a vehicle wheel brake system. A stamped caliper adapter makes a redundant drum brake assembly more readily adaptable to most vehicles and provides other cost-saving economies. In the preferred embodiment, the cast iron anchor and the stamped steel adapter plate are bolted together and the stamped steel adapter plate is spot welded to a drum brake assembly backing plate.
Claims16
A vehicle wheel brake system, comprising:
- a rotor having a disc portion and a drum portion;
- a disc brake assembly for acting on said disc portion of said rotor to effect a deceleration of said rotor;
- a drum brake assembly for acting on said drum portion of said rotor to effect a parking brake function independent of said disc brake assembly;
- a backing plate supportingly mounting said drum brake assembly within said rotor drum portion;
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- a two-piece adapter having a first portion made of a first metal and supportingly mounting said disc brake assembly about said rotor disc portion and a second portion fastened to said first portion, said second portion being made of a second metal and being fixed to said backing plate.
A vehicle caliper brake adapter, comprising:
- a first portion made of a first metal and adapted to mountingly support a disk brake assembly;
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- a second portion made of a second metal and having a base and two wings extending away from said base, said wings being connected to said first portion, said base having a reinforcement rib to increase the structural rigidity of said second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.