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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:
Aug. 03, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Melinat, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 711 ; 188 7331 ;
Abstract
A disc brake caliper having a piston housing, preferably made of aluminum, cast on a U-shaped stamped steel bridge. The bridge is formed from an H-shaped flat blank with the legs being bent to obtain the desired U-shaped cross section. The piston housing encompasses one pair of legs on one side of the bridge.