| US 7,578,374 B2 | ||
| Disk brake device | ||
| Yuichi Takeo, Toyota (Japan); Takahiro Ito, Chiryu (Japan); and Junichi Takeuchi, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Advics Co., Ltd., Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/484,712. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-208863 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2005; and application No. 2005-208864 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0017756 A1, Jan. 25, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 65/40 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 188—73.38 [188/73.39; 188/73.31] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A disk brake comprising:
a mount having a support portion:
a pad having a guide portion and an inner and outer push bearing portion on a peripheral surface of the pad;
at least one biasing member positioned between a rotor rotation inlet side of the pad and the mount;
wherein the guide portion of the pad is supported by the support portion of the mount;
wherein the rotor rotation inlet side of the pad is positioned above a rotor rotation outlet side of the pad;
wherein the inner and outer push bearing portion project toward the mount to abut against the mount when the pad is moved;
a center of bias on the pad by the at least one biasing member, the center of bias positioned radially inward of a center
of the pad; and
wherein the inner push bearing portion of the pad and the outer push bearing portion of the pad abut against the mount in
a braked state and in a non-braked state.
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