Patents by Inventor Shotaro NOTE

Shotaro NOTE 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).

  • Disk brake pad and disk brake apparatus
    Patent number: 9500241
    Abstract: A disk brake pad includes a lining and a back plate supporting the lining. A first side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction includes a guided portion configured to engage movably in the axial direction with a guiding portion of a pad support member. The guided portion is disposed at a position more inward in the radial direction than a line of action of a brake tangential force applied in braking, so as to support a brake tangential force applied toward a second side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction in braking. The back plate is configured to support a brake tangential force applied toward the first side part in braking at a portion thereof that exists more outward in the radial direction than the line of action of the brake tangential force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shimamura, Shotaro Note, Yoshio Totsuka
  • DISK BRAKE PAD AND DISK BRAKE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150122597
    Abstract: A disk brake pad includes a lining and a back plate supporting the lining. A first side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction includes a guided portion configured to engage movably in the axial direction with a guiding portion of a pad support member. The guided portion is disposed at a position more inward in the radial direction than a line of action of a brake tangential force applied in braking, so as to support a brake tangential force applied toward a second side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction in braking. The back plate is configured to support a brake tangential force applied toward the first side part in braking at a portion thereof that exists more outward in the radial direction than the line of action of the brake tangential force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMAMURA, Shotaro NOTE, Yoshio TOTSUKA