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6325185 Brake disc rotor  
Disclosed is a brake disc rotor comprising a first disc plate, a second disc plate facing the first disc plate, a plurality of fins arranged in the radial direction of the brake disc rotor between...
6321885 Composite cast brake elements, such as brake drum, brake disk or the like, and composite casting process for brake elements  
A composite casting process for the production of brake elements is described. The brake element has a hub and a flange for fastening to a vehicle wheel, and brake body component bearing a friction...
6318810 Motorcycle modular carrier ring  
A modular carrier ring for a motorcycle wheel hub assembly comprising a flat plate including a central flange forming a center bore therein for placement over the wheel hub, the central flange...
6319348 Method for producing ring-shaped fibrous structures, in particular for making parts in composite material  
To make an annular fiber structure, a strip-shaped fabric (50), is used which is made up of two superposed unidirectional sheets, with the directions of the sheets forming opposite angles relative...
6315090 Disk brake  
A solid disk of a disk brake has a hat and a disk element which are joined to each other by a junction. The junction has a plurality of communication holes defined therein which provides...
6308808 Brake disk for disk brakes  
In a brake disk for a vehicle disk brake, a material from the carbon group is used for an internally ventilated disk brake. The individual components, such as the friction rings and the ribs, are...
6302246 Brake unit  
A brake unit comprising at least one brake and at least one brake pad having at least one friction lining is described. The brake has a disk brake with a brake rotor made of a ceramic-metal...
6290032 Friction-wear aluminum part and associated method  
A friction-wear aluminum part which includes a metal substrate and an outer friction-wear, ceramic-free coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface to said substrate. The coating is...
6283255 Brake and pulley assembly for a motorcycle  
A brake and pulley assembly for retrofitting onto the hub of a belt driven, swingarm mounted rear wheel of a motorcycle. The hub has a multiplicity of bolt holes therein forming a bolt hole...
6283257 Disc brake of two-wheeled vehicle  
A disc brake of a two-wheeled vehicle comprises two friction pads which press against either side of a disc rotating along with the wheel of the vehicle in motion. The friction pads are provided...
6279697 Brake rotor with non-directional braking surface  
The invention is a brake rotor. The rotor includes a radially inner mounting section with a central mounting face for attaching the rotor to a wheeled vehicle. The mounting face has a plurality of...
6279698 High efficiency braking and self-draining brake-disk with visual wear control  
A high braking efficiency and self-draining brake disc with wear visual control comprises a braking strip (2) having two opposite faces (2', 2") provided each with a swept braking surface, a bell...
6273222 Brake unit including brake disc and brake lining  
A brake unit including a brake disc of a material having a high thermal loading capacity and a brake pad that cooperates with it in tribological fashion. The brake disc is essentially made of a...
6271162 Method for producing ceramic-metal composite bodies, ceramic-metal composite bodies and their use  
A process for producing a ceramic-metal composite, includes (1) mixing TiO 2 , and optionally Ti, with at least one of a boron-containing or carbon-containing material to give a green body mix; (2)...
6267209 Brake unit with a non-metallic brake disc made of ceramic and a hub made of another material  
A brake unit having a brake disc of ceramic and a hub of a different material, which radially overlap one another with their mutually facing rims and are mechanically joined by a wreath-type rim of...
6267210 Brake hub with floating rotor  
A hub rotor assembly includes a hub, a rotor supported by the hub and a plurality of fasteners that connect the rotor to the hub and allow relative movement between the rotor and the hub. The hub...
6260669 Brake rotor with airflow director  
A vented disc brake rotor having an airflow director for funneling air into the braking plate vents thereby improving the cooling effectiveness of the rotor. The vented disc brake rotor includes...
6250431 Method of retaining a minimum running clearance between a rotor and friction pads  
A method to retain a minimum running clearance between the friction pads associated with a caliper of a brake and a rotor attached to a wheel of a vehicle. A bearing member associated with the...
6247562 Disk for a disk brake  
A disk for a disk brake which achieves an unusual vibration-damping capability and consequently a more comfortable ride comprises a braking ring and a bell having respective flanges clamped...
6243949 Cold forming aluminum metal matrix rotors  
This invention relates to an improved method for producing aluminum MMC rotors. The method comprises the steps of initially casting an aluminum MMC rotor casting having a central pilot aperture,...
6241054 Disk brake for vehicles  
A disk brake includes a brake disk which is surrounded by a caliper carrying lining devices. On the side of the lining device facing a brake lining surface, the brake disk has a concave brake disk...
6241055 Rotor with viscoelastic vibration reducing element and method of making the same  
A modular brake rotor includes a core having a central wall and a plurality of support ribs extending radially outwards therefrom. A pair of friction rings are secured to the support ribs. A...
6241053 Ventilated disc brake rotor  
A ventilated disc brake rotor has first and second discs separated by radially extending ribs. The first disc has a thin wall section, and a peripheral thick wall section having an increased wall...
6234282 Brake disk for a motor vehicle  
A brake disk for a motor vehicle, particularly made of a fiber-glass-reinforced material, includes two disk elements with ribs forming air ducts, which can be connected with one another. The ribs...
6216829 Rotor with tubular vent ducts  
The present invention discloses a vented brake rotor having tubular ducts. The rotor includes universal rotor blank having a hat section and a peripheral section radially extending therefrom. The...
6216827 Disc brake rotor which generates vibration having a large component in a direction of a rotational axis of the disc brake rotor  
A disc rotor used in a disc brake which generates a vibration having a large component in the axial direction of the disc rotor when a brake pad is pressed against the disc rotor. The disc rotor...
6216828 Rotor with hat section air pump  
The invention is directed to a rotor having a vented hat section. A plurality of spaced apart vents are defined in the rotor hat wall. The vents are defined by a first aperture in the radially...
6193027 Friction unit  
The friction unit, in particular brake disc, has at least one friction face, with a friction element and with at least one molded unit, the friction element being made from carbon fiber-reinforced...
6186292 Method of improving rotor vibration control and resulting rotor  
The noise created by a vehicle rotor is reduced by adjusting the natural or resonant frequency at which the rotor tends to vibrate. The resonant frequency is moved away from the frequencies of...
6186293 Brake disc  
In a brake disc (1) for disc brakes, at least one friction surface (4) is provided with at least one groove (6) which has a closed configuration without beginning and end and extends around the...
6164423 Vented rotor for caliper disc brakes and the like  
A vented rotor for caliper disc brakes and the like includes an outer friction portion having two ring sections with a plurality of radially extending ribs extending therebetween. The ribs include...
6161660 Rotor for disc brake  
A disc rotor for a disc brake which is designed to make it difficult to cause brake squeal includes inner and outer discs, and first and second radially extending long holes formed in the outer and...
6161661 Brake disc for a disc braking system  
A brake disk has a thickness D1 and includes two friction plates disposed parallel to each other, between which an airflow duct having a width D2 is located in a substantially central position. The...
6158124 Preloading & machining mounted brake disc  
A brake disc assembly including an inner hub (14) extending between a drive end (16) and a wheel end (18) and a disc flange (20) extending radially about the circumference of the inner hub (14) at...
6152270 Disc for a disc brake for vehicles in general and for high-performance cars in particular  
A disc of a disc brake for vehicles in general and for high-performance cars in particular, which is of unusually low weight, comprises a hub and an annular brake member traversed by ventilation...
6148964 Front disk brake for a bicycle  
A front disk brake, which includes a brake disk fixedly mounted on a hub at the front fork of a bicycle, and a brake caliper mounted on lugs at the front fork of the bicycle by a mounting frame and...
6145636 Ventilated rotor  
A ventilated rotor to be disclosed has a first slide board, a second slide board which faces the first slide board and N-numbered (N: natural number, not less than 2) ribs provided between the...
6142262 Wet disc pack with modified stationary discs  
A stationary disc for use in a wet disc brake assembly includes a plurality of holes drilled through the disc. The holes change the mass of the disc, and thus change the frequency of the entire...
6142267 Disc brake rotor  
An improved vehicle disc brake rotor is disclosed having a unique vented design. The rotor includes a pair of brake friction plates maintained in spaced relationship by a plurality of radially...
6136374 Method and apparatus for coating vented brake rotors  
Method and apparatus for applying a protective coating to the surfaces of air vents in a vented brake rotor wherein the method includes the steps of rotating the rotor, directing coating material...
6135247 Wheel hub and brake disc arrangement for heavy vehicles  
A wheel hub and brake disc arrangement for a vehicle wheel includes a wheel hub with alternately following grooves and teeth with inclined flanks, and a brake disc, carried on the part of the wheel...
6135248 Brake disk  
A brake disk has an inner annular portion or hub area and an outer annular portion or rub area that are interconnected by a number of spaced arms extending radially and circumferentially between...
6131707 Disc brake rotor and method for producing same  
An improved structure for a brake rotor and method for producing the same wherein the brake rotor includes a mounting flange and a pair of opposed friction plates spaced apart from one another by a...
6119820 Ventilated brake disc  
A disc brake rotor (10; 50) provides two oppositely-facing annular friction surfaces (20, 22). The rotor (10; 50) comprises a first portion (16) which provides one of said annular surfaces (20),...
6119827 Brake rotor for a motor vehicle  
A brake rotor includes a disc-shaped carrier and friction rings arranged on or on top of the carrier, so that the friction rings and carrier form a single piece construction. The carrier and...
6116386 Divided brake disk for thermal compensation  
A brake disk, particularly a ventilated brake disk, has at least one friction ring connected with a brake disk chamber by fastening screws. Each fastening screw is provided with a cylindrical...
6116387 Disc brake rotor  
A disc brake rotor comprises mounting portion, a first friction portion which provides an annular friction surface, a second friction portion which provides the other of annular friction surface, a...
6112865 Damper for brake noise reduction (brake drums)  
An apparatus of reducing unwanted brake noise has a ring damper affixed around a periphery of brake drum in a drum brake system in a manner that permits relative motion and slippage between the...
6105234 Method of producing a flat friction disk  
There is described a method of producing a flat friction disk, where first of all a sintered friction lining is applied onto a flat steel disk (1) and is then sintered, before the sintered friction...
6098764 Shaft brake disk for rail vehicle disk brake systems and method of making same  
In a brake disk for rail vehicle brake systems, a friction ring is made of a light metal such as aluminum (aluminum alloys), etc. to reduce weight. In order to reduce the weight further by...