Patent ID: 6260670
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
An opposed piston type disc brake comprising:an outer body;an inner body, a rotor rotating together with a wheel being interposed between said outer and inner bodies;cylinders opposed to each other and arranged in both said outer and inner bodies;pistons fluid-tightly arranged in said cylinders and capable of being freely displaced in the axial direction of the rotor; andpads supported by said inner and outer bodies and capable of being freely displaced in the axial direction of the rotor,wherein said outer and inner bodies are made separately from each other, and said outer body includes:a main body provided with said cylinders;a connecting portion extending from both end portions of the main body in the axial direction of the rotor and straddling the rotor; andan attaching portion attached to a stationary portion of a vehicle and provided at a forward end portion of the connecting portion and towards the inner diameter side of the rotor, andwherein the inner body is connected and fixed to the attaching portion.