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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2023
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Asami Madambashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a caliper for an opposed piston type disc brake, including: an inner body including an inner cylinder portion; an outer body including an outer cylinder portion; and a rotation-in side connecting portion and a rotation-out side connecting portion. The end portions on both circumferentially outer sides of the outer body are connected to the rotation-in side connecting portion and the rotation-out side connecting portion, and the outer body includes a band-shaped reinforcing rib that covers a bottom portion of the outer cylinder portion from an axially outer side so as to cross the bottom portion in a circumferential direction. The reinforcing rib includes a bottomed or bottomless cut-out portion recessed in the axial direction on at least one of both circumferentially outer side portions.