Patent ID: 8757332
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a brake pad; a piston; and a heat shield, made of a material and comprising a pattern of one or more ventilation regions, wherein the heat shield is configured to be placed between the brake pad and the piston to reduce transfer of heat from at least a portion of a surface of the brake pad to a surface of the piston at least by insulation and air flow, the air flow directed by the pattern of the one or more ventilation regions away from the portion of the brake pad, wherein the heat shield comprises a plurality of layers, wherein at least one layer of the heat shield is configured with at least one ventilation region of the one or more ventilation regions, wherein a first layer of the plurality of layers comprises a first pattern of ventilation regions, and wherein a second layer of the plurality of layers comprises a second pattern of ventilation regions that differs from the first pattern.