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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Doi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tadashi Tamasho, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Suzuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/538 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/538 ;
Abstract
A disk brake in which a cylinder bore of a caliper is decentered toward the exit side in the rotational direction of a disk with respect to friction pads, and claw portions of the caliper are also decentered toward the exit side with respect to the friction pads. The entrance-side and exit-side claw portions have approximately the same wall thickness in the circumferential direction of the disk. When the brake is activated, the claw portions exhibit approximately the same rigidity so that the surface pressure of each claw portion pressing the outer friction pad can is kept uniform, and non-uniform.