IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0309915
(1999-05-11)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Varndell & Varndell, PLLC
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
21 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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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 pulled by a brake line to stop the brake disk, wherein the brake caliper includes a body mounted on th
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 pulled by a brake line to stop the brake disk, wherein the brake caliper includes a body mounted on the mounting frame, the body having a narrow slot, which receives the brake disk, two inside annular grooves at two opposite sides of the slot, and two sets of steel balls moved in the slot, two cam shafts mounted in the body, the cam shafts each having a head and ball grooves equiangularly spaced at the head, the ball grooves receiving the steel balls and each having a depth gradually deeper from one end toward the other end, and a pull bar driven by the brake line to turn the cam shafts, enabling the cam shafts to be respectively forced outwards by the steel balls toward two opposite side walls of the brake disk.
대표청구항
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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A front disk brake assembly comprising a brake disk fixedly mounted on a hub at a front fork of a bicycle, and a brake caliper mounted on the front fork of the bicycle and pulled by a brake line to actuate said brake disk, said brake caliper comprising a mounting frame fi
[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A front disk brake assembly comprising a brake disk fixedly mounted on a hub at a front fork of a bicycle, and a brake caliper mounted on the front fork of the bicycle and pulled by a brake line to actuate said brake disk, said brake caliper comprising a mounting frame fixedly mounted on the front fork of the bicycle, a body mounted on said mounting frame, two cam shafts mounted in said body, and a pull bar driven by the brake line to turn said cam shafts for enabling said cam shafts to be moved toward two opposite side walls of said brake disk, wherein:said mounting frame is a substantially U-shaped member having two first screw holes and two second screw holes, said two first screw holes being configured to receive lugs for fastening said U-shaped member to the front fork of the bicycle,said body includes a narrow slot for receiving said brake disk, two receiving chambers at two opposite sides of said narrow slot, an inside annular groove respectively provided inside each of said receiving chambers, a plurality of steel balls respectively received within a plurality of semispherical receivers formed within said inside annular groove of each said receiving chamber, an axle hole extending through said receiving chambers and said narrow slot, two first screw holes provided at two opposite sides of said body through which respective mounting screws are fastened to said two second screw holes of said U-shaped member, two second screw holes disposed at two opposite sides of said body and respectively peripherally intersecting said two first screw holes of said body and two positioning screw bolts respectively threaded into said second screw holes of said body for retaining the mounting screws in place; and,said cam shafts are respectively mounted in the receiving chambers inside said body, each said cam shaft comprising a flat, circular head having a top side wall and a bottom side wall, a shaft body perpendicularly extended from the center of the bottom side wall of said circular head, a plurality of ball grooves formed at the bottom side wall of said circular head around said shaft body, said plurality of ball grooves receiving the steel balls within the inside annular grooves in said body, said shaft body having a square retaining end fastened to a respective square hole at one end of said pull bar, and said ball grooves each having a depth which gradually increases from a narrow end thereof toward a broad end thereof.
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