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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip A Smith, Troy, OH (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 736 ; 192 7013 ;
Abstract
A caliper type disc brake has friction lining carriers which are retained by thrust plates. Each thrust plate is secured to the caliper housing by a pivot bolt and at least one cap screw. When the cap screw or screws of a thrust plate are removed, that thrust plate can be rotated about its associated pivot bolt, thereby permitting removal and replacement of its associated friction lining carrier or carriers without complete disconnection of the thrust plate from the caliper. The thrust plate can then be rotated back into position and resecured by cap screw or screws.