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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Harigai, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Ezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshitaka Izumihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a friction pad assembly for a disc brake, a plurality of lining assemblies supported on a guide plate are pressed to a disc rotor. The lining assembly includes a friction material and a back plate portion. A plate fitting portion of the lining assembly is inserted and equipped to a guide hole portion, and braking torque is transmitted from the plate fitting portion to the guide plate. A plurality of link plates applying pressing force from a torque receiving plate to the lining assembly are provided between the torque receiving plate and the back plate portion adhered to the guide plate. A damping layer sandwiched between inner surfaces of the torque receiving plate is provided on back surface sides of the link plates.