CALIPER BODY
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Abstract
A caliper body (1) for a disc brake unusually capable of high structural performance and low bulk, said caliper body comprising at least one connection bridge (6) arranged straddling the connection disc of an elongated attachment side portion with an elongated non-attachment side portion; in which said elongated portions have an outer surface (13, 14) opposite the disc substantially inclined and rounded towards the disc in the radially outward direction so that the caliper body (1) viewed in the tangential or circumferential direction has a bulk with a rounded outer surface like a tortoise shell.
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32 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A caliper body for a disc brake, comprising:
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an elongated attachment side portion suitable for facing a first braking surface of a disc; said disc defining an axial direction parallel to a rotation axis thereof, a tangential or circumferential direction parallel to one of its braking surfaces, with disc input direction and disc output direction, and a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction and to the tangential or circumferential direction, the latter defining an outward radial direction when facing away from the rotation axis of the disc; said elongated attachment side portion comprising at least two attachment portions suitable for coupling the body of the caliper with a support thereof; said attachment portions comprise an attachment portion facing the disc inlet side of the body of the caliper, and an attachment portion arranged at the end of the disc outlet side of the body of the caliper; said caliper body also comprising an elongated non-attachment side portion suitable for facing a second braking surface opposite the first braking surface of the disc; each elongated portion having at least one cylinder suitable for receiving a piston for exerting a pressure on pads housed between said elongated portions of the caliper and said braking surfaces of the disc; said caliper body also comprising at least one connection bridge arranged straddling the disc connecting the elongated attachment side portion with the elongated non-attachment side portion; wherein said elongated portions have an outer surface opposite the disc substantially inclined and rounded towards the disc in the radially outward direction so that the caliper body observed in the tangential or circumferential direction has a bulk with a rounded outer surface like a tortoise shell, and wherein at least one end bridge, preferably on the disc outlet side, extends from the elongated attachment side portion near to an attachment portion towards the elongated non-attachment side portion remaining within the encumbrance or bulk of the attachment portion when the bulk is considered in the radial direction, so that at least one attachment portion is arranged at a tangential or circumferential end of the elongated attachment side portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification