Akebono Corporation (North America) Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130192939 | BRAKE SPRING FOR A DISC BRAKE - A brake spring comprising: one or more hooking portions for attaching the brake spring to an arm of a support bracket, two or more locking tabs; and at least one first flexible arm connected to and extending from the hooking portion, wherein the at least one first flexible arm folds back so that at least a portion of the first flexible arm extends along a surface of the hooking portion, wherein the at least one first flexible arm extends from the hooking portion so that the at least one first flexible arm abuts a contact surface of a caliper body and provides forces to restrain the caliper body. | 08-01-2013 |
20120085597 | CALIPER ASSEMBLY FOR DISC BRAKE SYSTEM - A caliper assembly comprising: a brake pad comprising a carrier plate having two opposing faces and a top edge a bottom edge and two opposing side edges, wherein on one face is friction material and on the opposing face is a projection adapted to seat in a matched hole or recess in a caliper body, the two opposing side edges each having an ear which is adapted to seat in pad locator indentations in a support structure; a support structure comprising a recess for housing at least one brake pad and at least two pad locator indentations adapted for receiving the ears located on the two opposing sides of the brake pad and at least two caliper body locator indentations for seating two ears defined by the caliper body; and a caliper body having a hole or recess adapted for seating the projection on the opposing face of the brake pad and having two ears on each opposing side which are adapted to seat in the caliper body locator indentations of the support structure; wherein the ears of the brake pad are seated in the pad locator indentations of the support structure, the projection on the opposing face of the brake pad is seated in the hole or recess located in the caliper body, and a clip which engages the opposing face of the brake pad and the caliper body and holds the brake pad in position with respect to the caliper body and the ears of the caliper body are seated in the caliper body locator indentations in the support structure. | 04-12-2012 |
20120043168 | BRAKE SYSTEMS, CALIPER ASSEMBLIES AND PADS INCORPORATING DIFFERENTIAL ABUTMENTS - The present invention is directed to a unique solution for caliper assemblies, brake pads utilized in such caliper assemblies, support structures utilized in caliper assemblies and disc brake systems containing such caliper assemblies which utilize push pull or pull push abutment designs. | 02-23-2012 |
20110100772 | CABLE END RETENTION CLIP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The present invention is premised upon a clip and housing plate assembly capable of (“to accommodate”) loading, unloading and retaining a cable end within the housing plate assembly. Of particular interest is the clip and housing plate assembly used in a drum brake assembly and where the cable end is part of a cable assembly for a parking brake. The clip and housing plate assembly having clip member and a housing plate member and wherein the clip member is generally disposed outside an outer surface (or inside an inside surface) of the of the housing plate member and rotatably connected thereto. | 05-05-2011 |
20100065385 | DISC BRAKE HAVING A PIN RAIL CALIPER - A disc brake operable to apply a clamping force to a rotatable disc, the disc brake comprising: a support bracket including a pair of spaced apart frame members at opposite ends of the support bracket, each frame member having a surface with at least three arms extending therefrom, the at least three arms include a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm, each arm having an opening and being disposed in series with a spacing, therebetween, two opposing spaced apart slide pins engaged with the openings of the first, second and third arms such that at least one of the first, second, and third arms are configured to support the slide pins, inner and outer brake shoes, and a caliper body slidably supported by the slide pins, the caliper body having a slidable piston operable to cause the inner and outer brake shoes to move towards one another. | 03-18-2010 |
20100044169 | PIN CAP FOR A CALIPER ASSEMBLY - The present invention is predicated upon improved vehicle brake assemblies, caliper assemblies, or combinations thereof, having at least one slide pin including an exterior surface and a first end, a caliper body including at least one pin bore for receiving the at least one slide pin at an inboard end, the at least one pin bore has an exterior surface and a cap groove that includes a groove wall defining a recess into the exterior surface of the at least one pin bore, and at least one pin cap that includes an edge portion that is engageable with the groove wall of the cap groove and a hinge portion extending in between the edge portion and a lid portion, the hinge portion including at least one bend that displaces the lid portion relative to the hinge portion to allow for deformation of the at least one pin cap. | 02-25-2010 |
20100018813 | LEVER ASSEMBLY FEATURING BLIND CABLE ASSEMBLY - The present invention is predicated upon improved vehicle brake assemblies, parking brake assemblies, parking brake actuating mechanisms, or combinations thereof, having simplified attachment features and for assembling a brake cable within the parking assembly with substantially limited or no visual access therein. | 01-28-2010 |
20090050427 | BRAKE CALIPER HAVING CHAMFERED CORNERS - The present invention is predicated upon a brake caliper assembly, comprising a finger portion including a first end that is free and a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, a cylinder portion including a first end that is free and a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, and a bridge portion, including an inner surface and an outer surface, for connecting with the second end of the finger portion at a finger corner region having an inner surface and an outer surface, and for connecting with the second end of the cylinder portion at a cylinder corner region having an inner surface and an outer surface, and for defining a continuous surface that includes the inner surfaces of each of the finger portion, the cylinder portion, the finger corner region, the cylinder corner region and the bridge portion, wherein the inner surface of at least one of the finger or cylinder corner regions includes an inclined surface that is generally flat for a span of at least about 2 mm. | 02-26-2009 |