Disk brake, pad, and pair of shims

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9664244-B2
Application number	US-201514730701-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2015
Priority date	Jun 9, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A pad includes: a lining; a plate; a first shim installed at a surface of the plate which is opposite to the lining; and a second shim installed at a surface of the first shim which is opposite to the plate, a first hook overhanging at an outer circumferential edge section of the plate and hooked to the outer circumferential edge section of the plate is formed at the first shim, a second hook is formed at the second shim at an outer side of the first hook in a disk radial direction, and the second hook is configured to be hooked to a part of the plate with which the first hook does not come in contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A disk brake comprising:
a support member disposed so as to astride an outer circumferential side of a disk;
a pair of pads supported by the support member and disposed to face surfaces of the disk; and
a pressing mechanism configured to press the pair of pads against the disk,
wherein at least one of the pair of pads comprises:
a lining configured to contact with the disk;
a plate installed at a surface of the lining which is opposite to the disk;
a first shim installed at a surface of the plate which is opposite to the lining; and
a second shim installed at a surface of the first shim which is opposite to the plate,

a first hook configured to hook the first shim to the plate by overhanging at an outer circumferential edge section of the plate and by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section is formed at the first shim,
a second hook is formed at a part of the second shim which is positioned at an outer side of the first hook in a disk radial direction, and
the second hook is formed to extend over the first hook and is configured to hook the second shim to a corner section or a surface of the plate at the lining side by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section of the plate at a position closer to the lining compared to a position where the first hook abuts the plate.

2. The disk brake according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first hook is divided into two divided sections, and
the second hook is disposed between the two divided sections.

3. The disk brake according to claim 1 ,
wherein a contact type sensor is installed at the plate and is configured to come in contact with the disk to generate a warning sound when the lining is abraded and a distance between the disk and the plate in an disk axial direction arrives at a predetermined value, and
a front end section position of the second hook in the disk axial direction is disposed closer to the plate than a front end section position of the contact type sensor.

4. The disk brake according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second hook is installed at a central position of the pad in a disk tangential direction.

5. The disk brake according to claim 4 ,
wherein a width dimension W 1 of the second hook in the disk tangential direction is set to be smaller than a width dimension W 2 of a cutout portion in the disk tangential direction, and the second hook is hooked within a range of the cutout portion, the cutout portion being formed at the outer circumferential edge section of the plate.

6. The disk brake according to claim 5 ,
wherein sliding restriction sections configured to abut the support member in the disk tangential direction and configured to restrict sliding of the second shim are installed at both sides of the second shim in the disk tangential direction, and
wherein a width dimension W 3 between the sliding restriction sections, a width dimension W 4 between abutting surfaces formed in the disk tangential direction at both sides of the pad abutting with the support member in the disk tangential direction, the width dimension W 1 of the second hook, and the width dimension W 2 of the cutout portion satisfy a relation of
( W 2 −W 1)≧( W 4 −W 3).

7. The disk brake according to claim 6 ,
wherein metal surfaces of the first shim and the second shim come in contact with each other.

8. A pad comprising:
a lining configured to contact with a disk;
a plate installed at a surface of the lining which is opposite to the disk;
a first shim installed at a surface of the plate which is opposite to the lining; and
a second shim installed at a surface of the first shim which is opposite to the plate,
wherein a first hook configured to hook the first shim to the plate by overhanging at an outer circumferential edge section of the plate and by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section is formed at the first shim,
a second hook is formed at the second shim which is positioned at an outer side of the first hook in a disk radial direction, and
the second hook is formed to extend over the first hook and is configured to hook the second shim to a corner section or a surface of the plate at the lining side by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section of the plate at a position closer to the lining compared to a position where the first hook abuts the plate.

9. A pair of shims for covering a plate which is installed at a surface of a lining, the lining being configured to be in contact with the disk and the surface of the lining being opposite to a disk, wherein
the pair of shims having a first shim installed at a surface of the plate which is opposite to the lining, and a second shim installed at a surface of the first shim which is opposite to the plate,
a first hook configured to hook the first shim to the plate by overhanging at an outer circumferential edge section of the plate and by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section is formed at the first shim,
a second hook is formed at the second shim which is located at an outer side of the first hook in a disk radial direction, and
the second hook is formed to extend over the first hook and is configured to be hook the second shim to a corner section or a surface of the plate at the lining side by abutting with the outer circumferential edge section of the plate at a position closer to the lining compared to a position where the first hook abuts the plate.

10. The pad according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first hook is divided into two divided sections, and
the second hook is disposed between the two divided sections.

11. The pad according to claim 8 ,
wherein a contact type sensor is installed at the plate and is configured to come in contact with the disk to generate a warning sound when the lining is abraded and a distance between the disk and the plate in the disk axial direction arrives at a predetermined value, and
a front end section position of the second hook in the disk axial direction is disposed closer to the plate than the front end section position of the contact type sensor.

12. The pad according to claim 8 ,
wherein the second hook is installed at a central position of the pad in the disk tangential direction.

13. The pad according to claim 12 ,
wherein the width dimension W 1 of the second hook in the disk tangential direction is set to be smaller than the width dimension W 2 of the cutout portion in the disk tangential direction, and the second hook is hooked within a range of the cutout portion, the cutout portion being formed at the outer circumferential edge section of the plate.

14. The pad according to claim 13 ,
wherein sliding restriction sections configured to abut the support member in the disk tangential direction and configured to restrict sliding of the second shim are installed at both sides of the second shim in the disk tangential direction, and
wherein a width dimension W 3 between the sliding restriction sections, a width dimension W 4 between abutting surfaces formed in the disk tangential direction at both sides of the pad abutting with the support member in the disk tangential direction, the width dimension W 1 of the second hook, and the width dimension W 2 of the cutout portion satisfy a relation of
( W 2 −W 1)≧( W 4 −W 3).

15. The pad according to claim 14 ,
wherein metal surfaces of the first shim and the second shim come in contact with each other.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Osada Takahito

Classifications

• F16D55/2265

  the axial movement being guided by one or more pins {engaging bores in the brake support or the brake housing} · CPC title

• F16D55/225

  the braking members being brake pads · CPC title

• F16D65/0971 Primary

  transmitting brake actuation force, e.g. elements interposed between brake piston and pad · CPC title

• F16D65/0006

  Noise or vibration control · CPC title