Patent ID: 9599175
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B22C,B22D,F16D

Claim:
1. A caliper for disc brakes, comprising: an inner caliper section and an outer caliper section which oppose each other and are configured to sandwich a disc rotor therebetween, the inner caliper section and the outer caliper section each include ends in respective length directions of each caliper section that are linked integrally via a bridge section; and pressurizing piston hydraulic cylinders which are provided on respective opposing surface regions of the inner caliper section and the outer caliper section and are configured to simultaneously pressurize at least two surfaces of the disc rotor via brake pads, wherein the hydraulic cylinder provided on the inner caliper section and the hydraulic cylinder provided on the outer caliper section are linked by cylinder-side hydraulic channels provided on respective back face sides of each caliper section and by a hydraulic linking channel provided inside the bridge section, an inside space is provided at a connection point between an end of the cylinder-side hydraulic channel provided on the inner caliper section and an end of the hydraulic linking channel, the inside space is arranged substantially parallel to at least one of the at least two surfaces of the disc rotor and projects towards a center side of the disc rotor, a bleeder hole open from an outer surface side of the inner caliper section and configured to release air is arranged towards the inside space, an air bleeder attaching section is mounted to the bleeder hole, and an end of the bleeder hole is offset from an end of the hydraulic linking channel in the inside space.