| US 7,497,306 B2 | ||
| Disc brake | ||
| Lars Severinsson, Hishult (Sweden) | ||
| Assigned to Haldex Brake Products AB, (Sweden) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/374,636. | ||
| Application 11/374636 is a continuation of application No. PCT/SE2004/001374, filed on Sep. 24, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0302553 (SE), filed on Sep. 25, 2003; application No. 0302554 (SE), filed on Sep. 25, 2003; and application No. 0401480 (SE), filed on Jun. 10, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0201756 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 55/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 188—72.2 | 21 Claims |
| 1. A disc brake with self-servo effect, comprising:
a movable ramp plate connected to a front brake pad for engagement with a brake disc,
a ramp bridge, connected to the ramp plate,
means for imparting a control movement to the ramp plate,
application members between the ramp plate and the ramp bridge for increasing the mutual distance—in the axial direction of
the brake disc—between the ramp plate and the ramp bridge by a relative movement of the ramp plate in the tangential direction
of the brake disc,
characterized in that slack adjusting means for compensating for the wear of the front brake pad are arranged between the
ramp plate and the front brake pad, and
wherein the slack adjusting means comprise at least one first adjustment screw in thread engagement with a corresponding bore
in the ramp plate and rotatably connected to a front pad holder for the front brake pad.
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