Patent ID: 6273220
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
A disc brake, including a rotor rotatable about an axis and having a friction surface on each of opposite axially outward-facing sides at locations radially outboard of the axis, a rotationally-fixed friction element disposed adjacent each of the rotor friction surfaces, the rotor being rotatable in a circumferential direction from a leading edge of the friction elements toward a trailing edge of the friction elements, and an actuating assembly selectively actuable to apply braking forces urging the friction elements in generally axially opposed inward directions frictionally engaging their respective adjacent rotor friction surfaces, said braking forces acting in brake-applying directions lying at an acute angle to a normal direction that is parallel to the rotor axis and perpendicular to the rotor friction surfaces, wherein said actuating assembly includes an actuator element on a first side of the rotor, said actuator element being selectively actuable for forcibly urging a first of the friction elements in a first of said brake applying directions into said frictional engagement with its adjacent rotor friction surface on said first side of the rotor, and a caliper element extending axially from said first side of the rotor to the second opposite side of the rotor, said caliper element being interconnected with said actuator element and generally axially movable with respect thereto for forcibly urging the other of the friction elements in a second of said brake applying directions into said frictional engagement with the other rotor friction surface in response to actuation of said actuator element.