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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2002
Kanji Kirimoto, Kaizuka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ando, Kawachinagano, JP;
Kenji Ose, Sakai, JP;
Tadashi Ichida, Sakai, JP;
Toshio Tetsuka, Sakai, JP;
Tatsuya Matsushita, Sakai, JP;
Kanji Kirimoto, Kaizuka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ando, Kawachinagano, JP;
Kenji Ose, Sakai, JP;
Tadashi Ichida, Sakai, JP;
Toshio Tetsuka, Sakai, JP;
Tatsuya Matsushita, Sakai, JP;
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A bicycle disc brake is provided in which a support member movably couples the brake caliper to the frame of the bicycle. The bicycle disc brake caliper has a caliper housing with a single piston unit. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing between a release position, in which the piston unit is spaced from a disc brake mounted to a wheel of a bicycle, and a braking position, in which the piston unit engages the disc brake of the bicycle wheel. The piston unit has a first friction member movably coupled between a release position and a braking position and a second friction member arranged substantially parallel to the first friction member to form a disc brake receiving space between the first and second friction members. In one embodiment, the caliper housing is movably coupled to the support member by a pivot pin. In another embodiment, the caliper housing is movably coupled to the support member by a linkage assembly.