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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Buckley, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
George H Hinkens, Fox Point, WI (US);
James J Dimsey, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc., Mequon, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 7331 ; 29413 ; 29414 ; 188 711 ; 188 731 ; 1882 / ; 188259 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A caliper type brake for braking a brake disc including a caliper having a recess in the caliper on one side of the disc, a piston mounted in the caliper on the other side of the disc and including a recess, each recess having one or more ribs forming two or more cavities in each recess and a brake pad mounted in each recess, each brake pad being formed with a number of frangible portions, which break on engagement with the ribs to separate the brake pads into separate sections corresponding to the number of cavities in the recesses.