Vibration Dampers Patents (Class 192/30V)
  • Patent number: 3973653
    Abstract: A disc brake with a friction disc having a pair of annular friction surfaces placed between brake shoes disposed about such friction surfaces for coming into frictional engagement therewith when the brake is actuated, the friction disc including a cast member located in the region of the surfaces which come into frictional contact with the brake shoes when the brake is actuated, the cast member including a separating joint running oblique with respect to the friction surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1973
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Otto Weber, Horst Hartwig, Gunter Munchenberg