Pin cap
AssigneeAkebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsBrad Robert Lethorn, Scott Alan Dubay
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Abstract
A pin cap comprising: (a) a central portion including one or more through holes; (b) one or more springing arms extending from the central portion; (c) one or more contact regions; and wherein the pin cap is configured to receive a pin from a brake system so that the one or more contact regions of the pin cap contact the pin and connect the pin cap to the pin, and the one or more through holes in the central portion assist the pin cap in expanding to receive a pin so that the central portion of the pin cap creates a gripping force on the pin; and wherein the one or more springing arms bias the pin so that the pin and pin cap are substantially centrally located within a pin bore of the brake system.
Claims20
A pin cap comprising:
- a. a central portion including one or more through holes;
- b. one or more springing arms extending from the central portion;
- c. one or more contact regions;
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- wherein the pin cap is configured to receive a pin from a brake system so that the one or more contact regions of the pin cap contact the pin and connect the pin cap to the pin, and the one or more through holes in the central portion assist the pin cap in expanding to receive a pin so that the central portion of the pin cap creates a gripping force on the pin;
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- wherein the one or more springing arms bias the pin so that the pin and pin cap are substantially centrally located within a pin bore of the brake system.
A brake system comprising:
- a. a brake component having one or more pin bores;
- b. a pin that extends into each of the one or more pin bores;
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- c. one or more pin caps on each of the pins, the one or more pin caps comprising:
- i. a central portion having one or more through holes;
- ii. one or more springing arms extending from the central portion;
- iii. one or more contact regions;
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- wherein the pin cap is configured to receive the pin so that the one or more contact regions of the pin cap contact the pin and connect the pin cap to the pin, and the one or more through holes in the central portion assist the pin cap in expanding to receive a pin so that the central portion of the pin cap creates a gripping force on the pin;
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- wherein the one or more spring pins bias the pin so that the pin and pin cap are substantially centrally located within the pin bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.