Patent · US Expired

Brake rotor

US6962242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 17, 2003
Grant dateNov 8, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 12, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A brake rotor having an annular disc connected to an annular mounting flange, the mounting flange defining a radially inner flange wall and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting holes, in which the flange wall includes a plurality of recesses, with each recess situated circumferentially between adjacent mounting holes in which the brake rotor includes ventilation vanes between opposing braking faces of the annular disc with at least some ventilation vanes including inner vane portions which extend inwardly of a radially inner edge of the annular disc.

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