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US 8,191,691 B2Granted
Disc brake debris collection system
OwnerJoseph Gelbinventor
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Abstract
A disc brake assembly includes a rotor, a caliper, brake pads and an optional filter. The optional filter can be disposed within a shroud which covers at least about 70% of the distal side periphery on at least one of the two sides of the rotor. The disc brake also includes an impeller or other means for providing air flow to the disc brake assembly. The impeller can be provided by the rotor itself or it can be provided by a separate component which is powered either directly or indirectly by the rotor.
Claims14
A disc brake assembly comprising:
- a rotor that is turned by motion of a vehicle;
- a caliper and brake pads attached to the caliper;
- the rotor having an inside face periphery, an outside face periphery and an outside diameter periphery;
- a filter disposed within a shroud;
- the shroud having a pair of opposite side walls, opposed shroud end openings and a shroud interior;
- the shroud being disposed proximate to the rotor so as to cover at least about 70% of at least one of the inside face and the outside face peripheries wherein the shroud houses a radially inner filter and a radially outer filter, and
- wherein when said vehicle is in motion, rotation of said rotor moves brake dust into said radial inner filter and said radially outer filter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.