Patent ID: 6186288
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A disc brake, comprising:a disc rotor which is rotatable with a wheel of a vehicle, said disc rotor having an axis;a mounting having first and second parallel support arms straddling an outer periphery of said disc rotor;a first guide groove provided in the first support arm and a second guide groove provided in the second support arm, the guide grooves facing each other and extending in a direction of the axis of said disc rotor;pads disposed between said first and second support arms, each pad having a first projecting section which is slidably fitted into said first guide groove provided in said first support arm and possessing a generally rectangular vertical cross-section in the axial direction of said disc rotor, each pad also having a second projecting section which is slidably fitted into said second guide groove provided in the second support arm and possessing a generally rectangular vertical cross-section in the axial direction of said disc rotor, said pads suppressing rotation of said disc rotor through contact with surfaces of said disc rotor by being urged in the axial direction of said disc rotor, said pads being rotated in contacting engagement with said disc rotor so that either a side wall of said guide groove of the support arm on an outer peripheral side of said disc rotor abuts with a side face of said projecting section on the outer peripheral side of said disc rotor or a side wall of said guide groove of the support arm on an inner peripheral side of said disc rotor abuts with a side face of said projecting section on an inner peripheral side of said disc rotor;a pad support disposed in each of said first and second guide grooves, each pad support having a supporting portion, an urging portion and a connecting portion connecting the urging portion to the supporting portion, the supporting portion being positioned between one side wall of the respective guide groove of the support arm and one side face of said projecting section, the urging portion being positioned between a side wall of said guide groove different from said one side wall and the side face of said projecting section different from said one side face and urging said projecting section towards the one side wall, and the connecting portion being positioned between a bottom of said guide groove of said support arm and a facing end surface of said projecting section;a projection formed at a region on one side face of each projecting section of each pad that is located closer to said bottom of said guide groove so as to abut against the side wall of the guide groove during braking; anda pressing member for pressing said pads toward said disc rotor, at least one region of abutment among regions of abutment of the projecting sections and the bottom of the guide grooves of both support arms deviates from a straight line parallel to a straight line passing through the axes of said support arms and passing through the centers of abutment of the pressing member and the pad, the projection abutting against a portion of the side wall of the guide groove located closer to the bottom of the guide groove via the supporting portion of the pad support by the rotation of the pad during braking.