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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S. Ballinger, West Chester, OH (US);
Kenneth B. Dunlap, Springfield, OH (US);
Michael A. Riehle, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/512 ; F16D 6/5847 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/512 ; F16D 6/5847 ;
Abstract
A disc brake including a pair of friction plates arranged coaxially in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship and a plurality of vanes extending between the pair of friction plates, each of the vanes having a proximal end, a distal end and a mid-portion extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the proximal ends of a plurality of the vanes having a first width, the mid-portion having a second width, the first width being substantially greater than the second width. The vanes can include a T-shaped portion adjacent the proximal end.