Performance Friction Corporation

Konan Perez

Donald L Burgoon

Mark Wagner

Darin Cate

Richard Johns

A floating disc brake assembly having a disc brake rotor secured to a hub with a retention ring structured and arranged to fit within retention ring flanges of a plurality of rotor mounting tabs extending from the hub. A method of uniformly transferring braking forces from a rotor of a brake assembly about a hub of the brake assembly and a kit of parts are also provided.

Floating rotor disc/hub with retention ring fastener

The floating brake drum and hat assembly includes a brake drum () having a braking surface () and an attachment flange (), a hat () having an outer diameter () and a brake drum mounting flange () for mounting to the attachment flange () of the brake drum, and means for coupling () the attachment flange of the brake drum to the brake drum mounting flange of the hat, the means for coupling structured and arranged to allow radial thermal expansion and contraction of at least a portion of the attachment flange of the brake drum and/or at least a portion of the brake drum mounting flange of the hat.

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Lake Wylie, SC, United States of America

Konan Perez