A full contact brake comprising: (a) an inboard housing including: an inner and outer seal groove including a seal; (b) an outboard housing including: an inner and outer seal groove including a seal; and (c) a bridge tube between the inboard housing and the outboard housing; wherein the inboard hous
A full contact brake comprising: (a) an inboard housing including: an inner and outer seal groove including a seal; (b) an outboard housing including: an inner and outer seal groove including a seal; and (c) a bridge tube between the inboard housing and the outboard housing; wherein the inboard housing, the outboard housing, and the bridge tube form a housing comprising: (i) an inboard piston between the inner and outer seal groove; (ii) an outboard piston between the inner and outer seal groove; and (iii) a rotor between the inboard and outboard piston so that the inboard piston is moved towards an inboard side and the outboard piston is moved towards an outboard side of the rotor; and wherein the seal of the inboard housing forms an interference fit around the respective piston so that rotation of the inboard and outboard piston respectively are substantially prevented during a brake apply.
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1. A full contact brake comprising: a. an inboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove including a seal. andii. an outer seal groove, the outer seal groove including a seal;b. an outboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove including a seal,
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A full contact brake comprising: a. an inboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove including a seal. andii. an outer seal groove, the outer seal groove including a seal;b. an outboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove including a seal, andii. an outer seal groove, the outer seal groove including a seal; andc. an annular bridge tube located between and connecting the inboard housing to the outboard housing;wherein the inboard housing the outboard housing,and the annular bridge tube form a housing that comprises: i. an inboard annular piston located between the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove in the inboard housing;ii. an outboard annular piston located between the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove in the outboard housing; anda rotor located between the inboard, annular piston and the outboard annular piston so that during a brake apply both the inboard annular piston is moved towards an inboard side of the rotor and the outboard annular piston is moved towards an outboard side of the rotor; andwherein the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the inboard housing form an interference fit around the inboard annular piston and sandwich the inboard annular piston and the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the outboard housing form an interference fit around the outboard annular piston and sandwich the outboard annular piston so that rotation of the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston respectively are substantially prevented during a brake apply andwherein a force of the interference fit around the inboard annular piston and a force of the interference fit around the outboard annular piston is increased during the brake apply by a proportional increase in hydraulic pressure in the inboard housing and the outboard housing from hydraulic fluid moving into the inboard housing and the outboard housing so that the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston are prevented from rotating during the brake apply. 2. The full contact brake of claim 1. wherein, during the brake apply, the hydraulic pressure moves the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston respectively and so that the hydraulic pressure forces the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the inboard housing into contact with the inboard annular piston and the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the outboard housing into contact with the outboard annular piston so that force of the interference fit is increased during the brake apply. 3. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the full contact brake is free of any pad abutments. 4. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the full contact brake includes: (a) an inboard brake pad located between the inboard annular piston and the rotor; and (b) an outboard brake pad located between the outboard annular piston and the rotor; wherein, during the brake apply, the inboard annular piston moves the inboard brake pad into contact with an inboard side of the rotor and the outboard annular piston moves the outboard brake pad into contact with an outboard side of the rotor; andwherein the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston each include a mating feature and the inboard brake pad and the outboard brake pad include a mating feature that is complementary to the mating feature of the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston respectively so that the mating features form a connection between the inboard annular piston and the inboard brake pad and the outboard annular piston and the outboard brake pad. 5. The full contact brake pad of claim 4, wherein the inboard brake pad and the inboard annular piston are interconnected so that during the brake apply, a brake retract, or a condition therebetween the inboard brake pad moves with the inboard annular piston, and wherein the outboard brake pad and the outboard annular piston are interconnected so that during the brake apply, the brake retract, or a condition therebetween the outboard brake pad moves with the outboard annular piston. 6. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the inboard brake pad and the outboard brake pad are an annular ring and the inboard brake pad and the outboard brake pad are substantially the same size as the rotor so that during a brake apply an inboard surface and an outboard surface of the rotor respectively are contacted by the inboard brake pad and the outboard brake pad. 7. The full contact brake of claim 4, wherein the inboard annular piston, the outboard annular piston or both include a plurality of mating features. 8. The full contact brake of claim 7, wherein the inboard brake pad, the outboard brake pad or both includes a plurality of mating features that correspond to the plurality of mating features of the inboard annular piston, the outboard annular piston, or both so that during a brake apply the plurality of mating features of the inboard annular piston, the outboard annular piston, or both contact the plurality of mating features of the outboard brake pad, the inboard brake pad, or both preventing rotation of the inboard brake pad, the outboard brake pad, or both during a brake apply, a brake retract, or running, and wherein the plurality of mating features of the inboard annular piston, the outboard annular piston, or both are teeth and the plurality of mating features on the inboard brake pad, the outboard brake pad, or both are recesses. 9. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the inboard housing, the outboard housing, or both include at least one connection pipe for introducing a fluid into the housing during a brake apply. 10. The full contact brake of claim 9, wherein at least one flexible pipe is connected to the at least one connection pipe of both the inboard housing and the outboard housing. 11. The full contact brake of claim 4, wherein the inboard annular piston is normal to the inboard brake pad and the outboard annular piston is normal to the outboard brake pad. 12. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the full brake is free of any pad clips. 13. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the rotor is a fixed rotor. 14. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the full contact brake is configured to connect to a knuckle of a vehicle. 15. The full contact brake of claim 1, wherein the inboard annular piston and the outboard annular piston are annular tubes. 16. A full contact brake cornprising: i. an inboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove, including a seal, andii. an outer seal groove, the outer seal groove including a seal;ii. an outboard housing including: i. an inner seal groove, the inner seal groove including a seal, andii. an outer seal groove, the outer seal groove including a seal; andiii. an annular bridge tube located between and connecting the inboard housing to the outboard housing, the annular bridge tube including a plurality of windows around a circumference of the annular bridge tube;wherein the inboard housing, the outboard housing, and the annular bridge tube forms a housing that consists essentially of: i. an inboard piston located between the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove in the inboard housing;ii. an outboard piston located between the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove in the outboard housing;iii. a rotor located between the inboard piston and the outboard piston;iv. an inboard brake pad located between the inboard piston and the rotor; andv. an outboard brake pad located between the outboard piston and the rotor;wherein, during a brake apply, the inboard piston moves the inboard brake pad into contact with an inboard side of the rotor and the outboard piston moves the outboard brake pad into contact with an outboard side of the rotor; andwherein the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the inboard housing form an interference fit around the inboard piston and the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the outboard housing form an interfere fit around the outboard piston so that rotation of the inboard piston and the outboard piston respectively are substantially prevented during the brake apply, andwherein during the brake apply, hydraulic fluid is moved into the inboard housing and the outboard housing creating hydraulic pressure in the inboard housing and the outboard housing so that the hydraulic pressure moves the inboard piston and the outboard piston respectively andwherein hydraulic pressure forces the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the inboard housing into contact with the inboard piston and the seal in the inner seal groove and the seal in the outer seal groove of the outboard housing into contact with the outboard piston so that force of the interference fit is increased during the brake apply by a proportional increase in the hydraulic pressure so that the inboard piston and the outboard piston, respectively are prevented from rotating during the brake apply. 17. The full contact brake pad of claim 16, wherein the inboard brake pad and the inboard piston are interconnected so that during a brake apply, a brake retract, or a condition therebetween the inboard brake pad moves with the inboard piston, and wherein the outboard brake pad and the outboard piston are interconnected so that during a brake apply, a brake retract, or a condition therebetween the outboard brake pad moves with the outboard piston. 18. The full contact brake of claim 17, wherein the inboard brake pad and the inboard piston and the outboard brake pad and the outboard piston are interconnected by a plurality of teeth. 19. The full contact brake pad of claim 17, wherein the housing is free of any brake pad abutments. 20. The full contact brake pad of claim 17, wherein the interconnection between the inboard piston and the inboard brake pad is temporary and the interconnection between the outboard piston and the outboard brake pad is temporary so that the interconnections are formed only during a deceleration event.
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