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Ventilated brake rotor

US6796405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 1, 1999
Grant dateSep 28, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2065/1328
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ventilated brake rotor having vents disposed between two discs. The vents are defined by an adjacent pair of vanes distributed around the first disc and disposed below the second disc. Each vane is defined by a camber. The camber, in turn, is parallel to a curve that is defined by two camber lines. The curve is tangent to the leading end of a first camber line and tangent to a trailing end of the second camber line. The first and the second camber lines intersect where the first camber line is defined from a point on the interior radius of one of the two discs that intersects a datum. Moreover, the first camber line extends at a throat angle from the datum.

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