| US 7,487,862 B2 | ||
| Snap in ABS exciter ring | ||
| Bradley S. Carlson, Fort Wayne, Ind. (US); and Ryan M. Fritts, Ossian, Ind. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/220,435. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0051571 A1, Mar. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 65/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 188—218XL [188/18 A; 301/105.1] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A disc brake rotor assembly comprising:
a cast iron rotor for rotation about an axis, the cast iron rotor having a cylindrically shaped interior surface and a plurality
mutually isolated exciter ring engagement points distributed around the cylindrically shaped interior surface; and
an exciter ring made of a corrosion resistant material, which exhibits a different thermal coefficient of expansion than does
the iron of the rotor, which is flattened to define opposite major surfaces and which has a plurality of tangs arranged radially
with respect to one another and extending from one major surface for snap fit engagement with the plurality of engagement
points on the cylindrically shaped interior surface of the cast iron rotor; and
the snap fit engagement providing resistance to removal of the exciter ring after fitting of the exciter ring to the rotor
and preventing clocking of the exciter ring on the rotor even notwithstanding thermally related differential expansion of
the cast iron rotor and the exciter ring.
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