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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
John Edmund Mackiewicz, Niles, MI (US);
John Edmund Mackiewicz, Niles, MI (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A disc brake has an anchor that is fixed to a housing to align first and second rails and friction pads for each of first and second friction members with radial surfaces on a rotor. The friction pads are moved into engagement with radial surfaces by an actuation force to develop a brake force and reaction forces that are carried into the anchor to oppose the rotation of the rotor during a brake application. The anchor has projections on the first rail located in planes that are offset from radial engagement surfaces on the rotor. The friction members each have a carrier with an outwardly projecting lip on a first end through which the brake forces are transmitted into the projections. Since the projections are offset a moment is created by the reactions forces and an axial component derived thereof added to the actuation force during a brake application.