Patent ID: 6478121
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A disc brake caliper having a cast metal housing and an anchor bracket which are connected for relative movement during brake actuation, said housing having a bridge section for bridging in use, a disc brake rotor and first and second axially spaced brake pad mounting faces extending substantially perpendicular to said bridge section for disposal in use, on either side of a disc brake rotor and for axial mounting of brake pads thereagainst, first and second inner finger radiuses extending respectively at the junction between said bridge section and each of said first and second brake pad mounting faces for radially supporting a portion of the periphery of a said brake pad, piston actuating means being provided for axially displacing a said brake pad away from said first brake pad mounting face into engagement with a disc brake rotor, each of said first and second brake pad mounting faces and said inner finger radiuses being machined over the surfaces of contact with the brake pads, said second inner finger radius between said bridge section and said second brake pad mounting face including raised sections at each end thereof relative to the section extending therebetween, and a further raised section substantially intermediate said raised end sections thereof.