Patent ID: 7600614

Claim:
An assembly comprising a brake disk and a hub; and a ring connector connecting the brake disk and the hub, the ring connector including webs adjacent to one another around a circumference of the hub, the webs being disposed between the brake disk and the hub, the webs being anchored to the brake disk and being attached to the hub, such that the hub does not rotate relative to the webs; wherein at least two of the webs which are adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction are formed together in one piece wherein the brake disk includes a first disk member and a second disk member connected to each other with a space therebetween and the webs are anchored to the brake disk in the space between the first disk member and the second disk member, and wherein the ring connector includes a plurality of U-shaped first wire sections, each of the U-shaped first wire sections having a circular cross-section along at least a portion of the length of the U-shaped first wire section, and the ring connector further includes a plurality of second wire sections, each of the plurality of second wire sections being located between an adjacent pair of the U-shaped first wire sections, each of the plurality of second wire sections including a portion with a radius with respect to a center of the hub such that the portion is seated on the hub.