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US 6,585,086 B2Granted
Modular brake mechanism
AssigneeHaldex Brake Products AB
InventorsAnders Örtegren, Stefan Sandberg
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a brake mechanism for a brake disc. The brake mechanism comprises a brake lever, a cross bar, one or more thrust plates and a closing plate. The brake mechanism is of a modular form comprising two or more units.
Claims7
A disc brake system comprising:
- a caliper having an opening at least in a front side thereof;
- a pair of brake pad assemblies;
- a brake mechanism received in the opening of the caliper, the brake mechanism comprises a brake lever, a cross bar operationally connected to the brake lever, one or more thrust plates at the cross bar and a closing plate for closing of the opening in the front side of the caliper, and whereby the cross bar is moveable by means of the lever in a plane essentially perpendicular to the plane of the brake disc;
- wherein the brake mechanism is of a modular form comprising two or more modules, at least one of which modules includes at least two components;
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- wherein each of said modules comprises a self contained unit which is removable from the opening in the caliper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.