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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1983
Shigemi Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a disc brake assembly which comprises a pair of parallel guide pins fixed to a torque member, a movable caliper having a pair of support arms, each arm being axially slidable on a respective one of the guide pins, and a pair of tubular sealing boots for each guide pin, the two boots of each pair having inner ends attached to a corresponding one of the support arms and having outer ends attached to the corresponding one of the guide pins, each of the guide pins is provided with axially spaced inner and outer annular grooves located at the opposite sides of the support arm, and the sealing boot located on the outer side of the corresponding one of the support arms is formed at its inner end with an inner cylindrical sealing portion fixed to the support arm and at its outer end with an outer cylindrical sealing portion coupled within the outer annular groove of the guide pin. The outer annular groove of the guide pin is provided at its outer side wall with an annular projection which extends axially inwardly to press radially inwardly the outer sealing portion of the boot.