Patent · US Expired

Disc brake having a sliding yoke

US4476962A · kind A · utility

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3References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1982
Grant dateOct 16, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 16, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2055/0091
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The brake has a sliding yoke (14) in the form of a closed framed structure surrounding the stationary support of the brake and straddling the disc, the outer part (52) of the yoke being connected to the inner part (51) by at least one axially extending elongated reinforcing member (62) arranged radially beyond the periphery of the disc (12), the outer part (52) of the yoke biasing the outer pad (34) at two zones (54, 56) located radially on both sides of the pressure center of the brake hydraulic motor (24).

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