Opposed piston type disc brake

• US 20070278049A1
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Akebono Brake Industry Company Limited (Akebono Brake Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Akebono Brake Industry Company Limited (Akebono Brake Corporation)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Daisuke, Morimoto, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US11/806,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20070278049A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 188/73.390
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2055/0016 Brake calipers
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/228 with a separate actuating member for each side
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/095 Pivots or supporting members therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/0977 Springs made from sheet metal

Abstract

A coupling member configured to bridge outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c in a state of hampering the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c from being displaced in directions of separating the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c is constituted by a bridge portion 20a integral with a caliper 5c including the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c. Further, a brake torque applied to the inner and outer pads 11a, 12a is supported by outer side coupling pins 13a, 13a configured to bridge two end portions of the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c.

Claims

1. An opposed piston type disc brake comprising:

a caliper integrating outer and inner body portions and a pair of connecting portions, wherein the outer and inner body portion are arranged by interposing a rotor between the outer and inner body portions, and both end portions of the outer and inner body portions in a rotational direction of the rotor are connected by the pair of connecting portions at positions outward in a radial direction of the rotor from an outer peripheral edge of the rotor;

a plurality of cylinders respectively provided to the outer and inner body portions so as to be opposed to each other;

a plurality of pistons fitted to the respective cylinders so as to be displaceable in an axial direction of the rotor;

two pads respectively supported by the outer and inner body portions so as to be displaceable in the axial direction;

a coupling member configured to bridge the outer and inner body portions at portions outer in the radial direction more than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor so as to hamper the outer and inner body portions from being displaced in directions of being separated from each other;

a plurality of pad supporting portions configured to hamper the two pads from being displaced to inner sides in the radial direction; and

a pair of torque receiving pins arranged at portions outer in the radial direction more than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor so as to be opposed to two end edges of pressure plates of the two pads in the rotational direction and configured to bridge the outer and inner body portions,

wherein the coupling member is a bridge portion integrally provided to the caliper at a single portion on a middle portion of the outer and inner body portions in the rotational direction.

2. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the pad supporting portions are projected from inner side faces of the respective outer and inner body portions at portions inner in the radial direction more than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor, and the pad supporting portions are configured to be engaged with the respective two pads so as to hamper the two pads from being displaced to inner sides in the radial direction.

3. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 2, wherein the respective pad supporting portions are engaged with the respective pressure plates of the two pads so as to be capable of supporting a brake torque applied to the two pads.

4. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 2, wherein the respective pad supporting portions comprise locking pins projected from the inner side faces of the respective outer and inner body portions at the portions inner in the radial direction more than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor.

5. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the respective pad supporting portions are configured by the torque receiving pins and recess portions provided on the respective pressure plates, wherein the recess portions are arranged on the end edges of pressure plates in the rotational direction at portions outer in the radial direction more than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor and the respective torque receiving pins are capable of entering into the recess portions,

a brake torque applied to the two pads is capable of being supported by an engagement of depth end surfaces of the recess portions with outer peripheral surfaces of the respective torque receiving pins, and

an engagement of inner surfaces of the recess portions with the outer peripheral surfaces of the respective torque receiving pins hampers the two pads from being displaced to inner sides in the radial direction.

6. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the bridge portion is provided at a position deviated to one side from centers of the outer and inner body portions in the rotational direction,

at least one of the torque receiving pins on the other side in the rotating direction is configured to be attachable and detachable, and

in a state of detaching the one of torque receiving pin on the other side, there is present a gap between one of the connecting portions on the other side and the bridge portion so that the pads are capable of being drawn and inserted through the gap.

7. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 1, wherein both end portions of the two torque receiving pins are engaged with the outer and inner body portions so as to be able to support a force exerted to the outer and inner body portions in the directions separating the outer and inner body portions from each other in braking.

9. The opposed piston type disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the caliper is integrally provided with a bridge portion configured to bridge the outer and inner body portions at a portion outer in the radial direction than the outer peripheral edge of the rotor for hampering the outer and inner body portions from being displaced in directions of separating from each other, the bridge portion is disposed at a single portion on a middle portion of the outer and inner body portions in the rotational direction and deviated to one side from centers of the outer and inner body portions in the rotational direction of the rotor, at least the coupling pin on other side in the rotating direction of the two coupling pins is configured to be attachable and detachable, and

in a state of detaching the coupling pin on the other side, there is present a gap capable of drawing an inserting the two pads between the connecting portion on the other side of the two connecting portions and the bridge portion.

8. An opposed piston type disc brake comprising:

a caliper integrating outer and inner body portions and a pair of connecting portions, wherein the outer and inner body portion are arranged by interposing a rotor between the outer and inner body portions, both end portions of the outer and inner body portions in a rotational direction of the rotor are connected by the pair of connecting portions at positions outward in a radial direction of the rotor from an outer peripheral edge of the rotor, and pad holding portions are formed by portions of side faces of the outer and inner body portions opposed to each other between the two connecting portions;

a plurality of cylinders respectively provided to the outer and inner body portions so as to be opposed to each other;

a plurality of pistons fitted to the respective cylinders so as to be displaceable in an axial direction of the rotor;

two pads respectively supported by the outer and inner body portions so as to be displaceable in the axial direction;

a pad supporting portion for holding the two pads at the respective pad holding portions and hampering the two pads from being displaced in the radial direction; and

a torque supporting portion for transmitting a brake torque applied to the two pads in braking to the caliper by way of pressure plates of the two pads to be supported by the caliper,

wherein the torque supporting portion and the pad supporting portion are constituted by

a pair of coupling pins configured to bridge two end portions of the pad holding portions of the outer and inner body portions in the rotational direction of the rotor and at positions on outer sides in the radial direction of the outer peripheral edge of the rotor, and

pairs of recess portions respectively formed on the pressure plates at both end edge portions of the pressure plates in the rotational direction at positions on outer sides in the radial direction of the outer peripheral edge of the rotor,

wherein the torque supporting portion transmits the brake torque to the caliper by an engagement between depth end faces of the respective recess portions and outer peripheral faces of the two coupling pins, and

the pad supporting portion holds the pads by an engagement between the outer peripheral faces of the two coupling pins and two inner side faces of the respective recess portions.