US Patent:
20100065385, Mar 18, 2010
Inventors:
Boris Teper - Farmington Hills MI, US
Takeshi Kashimura - West Bloomfield MI, US
Philip Jedele - Ypsilanti MI, US
Assignee:
Akebono Corporation (North America) - Elizabethtown KY
International Classification:
F16D 65/14
Abstract:
A disc brake operable to apply a clamping force to a rotatable disc, the disc brake comprising: a support bracket including a pair of spaced apart frame members at opposite ends of the support bracket, each frame member having a surface with at least three arms extending therefrom, the at least three arms include a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm, each arm having an opening and being disposed in series with a spacing, therebetween, two opposing spaced apart slide pins engaged with the openings of the first, second and third arms such that at least one of the first, second, and third arms are configured to support the slide pins, inner and outer brake shoes, and a caliper body slidably supported by the slide pins, the caliper body having a slidable piston operable to cause the inner and outer brake shoes to move towards one another.