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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1974
Gerard de Gennes, Senlis, FR;
Societe Anonyme Francaise du Ferodo, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Brakes for automobile vehicles for example, of the kind comprising a fixed support, a braking member having a ring, two braking plates disposed on each side of the ring and a floating stirrup engaged on the plates and on the ring. The stirrup has operating means adapted to act directly on one of the plates and indirectly on the other, through the intermediary of the stirrup, so as to grip and brake the ring. The stirrup is mounted with a simultaneous sliding and pivoting action of the fixed support, so as to follow any possible conical deformation of the ring on which it is engaged, due to heat stresses for example. The rear transverse face of the stirrup is in simple supporting contact with a retaining member secured to the fixed support, and which permits the sliding and pivotal movements of the stirrup, an elastic spring being provided to urge the stirrup and the retaining member into contact with each other. The retaining member may be pivotally mounted on the fixed support and thereby provides the pivotal movement of the stirrup.