Patent ID: 6296085
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A disk brake comprising a caliper, a disk, a torque member, a brake cylinder, a pair of pads adapted to be brought into frictional contact with said disk, back plates formed with lugs at both ends thereof, guide portions provided opposite to each other on one of said torque member and said caliper at its disk-leading and disk-trailing sides and having one of guide grooves and protrusions, said lugs being engaged with said one of guide grooves and protrusions to support said pads so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the disk, resilient members for biasing said pads radially inwardly at the disk-trailing side and radially outwardly at the disk-leading side, and further comprising a torque-bearing portion at the disk-trailing side disposed on the side nearer to the center of the disk than is a line tangential to the disk and passing through the center of said brake cylinder, and a torque-bearing portion at the disk-leading side for bearing a force produced in a direction parallel to said tangential line is provided on the outer side of the disk than is said tangential line.