Patent ID: 9709106
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B61H,F16D

Claim:
1. A railway vehicle disc brake apparatus comprising: a caliper lever that supports a pad, which is opposed to a disc; a fulcrum shaft that pivotally supports the caliper lever so that the pad is movable in a direction extending toward the disc and in a direction extending away from the disc; and a drive device that drives the caliper lever about the fulcrum shaft, wherein the caliper lever includes at least two arms pivotable with the caliper lever about the fulcrum shaft, and each said arm includes a first part and a second part that extend and intersect each other in a cross-section orthogonal to a direction in which the arm extends, wherein during use of the railway vehicle disc brake apparatus, in the cross-section, an angle between a vertical direction and a direction in which the first part extends is smaller than an angle between the vertical direction and a direction in which the second part extends, wherein the arm is arranged so that an inner surface of the caliper lever is opposed to the drive device and an outer surface of the caliper lever is arranged to be paired with the inner surface of the caliper lever, the at least two arms include: