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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Takashi Shimazu, Aichi-ken, JP;
Haruo Katagiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeru Sakamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Shimizu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A brake disc rotor includes: a pair of disc-shaped sliding plates provided in parallel with and separately from each other in the axle direction; a plurality of partition walls radially provided between the sliding plates; a plurality of passages radially formed between the plurality of partition walls; a plurality of inlet and outlet openings communicating with the plurality of passages and opening inward and in the radially outward direction; and an inclined portion formed on the surface of the inside sliding plate opposed to the outside sliding plate such that a distance between the inside and outside sliding plates is gradually decreased in the radially outward direction.