Patents by Inventor Khai Piau LIM

Khai Piau LIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230025307
    Abstract: This disc brake includes a mounting member, a pair of brake pads, a caliper, a cover member, and a locking member. The caliper includes a cylinder part having a cylinder hole in which a piston for moving one of the pair of brake pads is disposed, a bridge part extending across an outer circumferential surface of a disc from the cylinder part, a plurality of claw parts formed on an extended distal end side of the bridge part and disposed to face the cylinder part, and a recessed part provided between the plurality of claw parts, having an opening at a disc radial direction inner end, and formed to face the cylinder hole. The locking member includes a fixing part fixed to the cover member, and a plurality of locking pieces extending from the fixing part in a direction inclined with respect to a movement direction of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Khai Piau LIM, Shinji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10955016
    Abstract: A pad spring has a guide part which is attached to come into contact with an inner side surface and a bottom surface on an outer side in a disc radial direction of a pad guide, and guides the friction pad in a disc axial direction, and an extension part which extends from the guide part in a direction away from the friction pad and comes into contact with a side surface of a torque receiving part of the attachment member by a projecting piece part on a distal end side to press the side surface of a torque receiving part. The extension part is provided with a pressing operation part which is pressed to move the projecting piece part in a direction away from the side surface of the torque receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Khai Piau Lim, Shiro Nagashima, Shinji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200096065
    Abstract: A pad spring has a guide part which is attached to come into contact with an inner side surface and a bottom surface on an outer side in a disc radial direction of a pad guide, and guides the friction pad in a disc axial direction, and an extension part which extends from the guide part in a direction away from the friction pad and comes into contact with a side surface of a torque receiving part of the attachment member by a projecting piece part on a distal end side to press the side surface of a torque receiving part. The extension part is provided with a pressing operation part which is pressed to move the projecting piece part in a direction away from the side surface of the torque receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Khai Piau LIM, Shiro NAGASHIMA, Shinji SUZUKI