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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1987
Dean C Karnopp, Davis, CA (US);
Yoshiyuki Yasui, Davis, CA (US);
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a disk brake assembly which includes a brake pad adapted to be urged by an electric motor into braking engagement with a brake disk rotatable with, for example, the wheel of a vehicle, the brake pad being supported for pivotal movement about an axis in the plane parallel to and spaced laterally from the face of the brake disk and exposed substantially at a right angle to a line tangent to the periphery of and in the plane of the brake disk and downstream from the brake pad in the direction of rotation of the brake disk whereby the frictional force between the brake pad and the brake disk has a component complementary to the force exerted by the motor to urge the brake pads against the brake disk.