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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Shigeru Hayashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Masatoshi Tazaki, Yamanashi, JP;
Shigeru Hayashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Masatoshi Tazaki, Yamanashi, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a disk brake comprising: a mounting member axially extending over a disk periphery, the mounting member including a pad guide where a friction pad travels; a caliper; and a return spring between the friction pad and the mounting member and urges the friction pad into a return direction separating from the disk, wherein the return spring includes: a first extended portion where a base end side thereof is fixed to a back plate of the friction pad while a top end side thereof extends separating from the disk; and a second extended portion folded from the top end side of the first extended portion toward the mounting member, a top of the second extended portion extending to elastically abut to the side of the mounting member, and a plate thickness direction of the first extended portion extends to be approximately a radial direction of the disk.