Disk brake for vehicles
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a disk brake for vehicles including a disk rotated together with a wheel of a vehicle, a pair of friction pads disposed at both sides of the disk opposite to each other, and a pair of wedge members installed on the rear surfaces of the friction pads, wherein the upper ends of the friction pads are respectively hinged to the wedge members, and the lower ends of the friction pads are supported by elastic members so as to be protruded toward the disk. Even though friction between the disk and the friction pads occurs under the condition that braking is not performed, the friction is limited to regions between the edges of the lower ends of the friction pads and the disk, thereby reducing frictional force between the disk and the friction pads and thus preventing unintended braking.
1. A disk brake for vehicles comprising:
a disk rotated together with a wheel of a vehicle;
a first friction pad disposed at a first side of the disk;
a second friction pad disposed at a second side of the disk;
a first wedge member installed on a rear surface of the first friction pad; and
a second wedge member installed on a rear surface of the second friction pad,
wherein the first wedge member is configured to move along an inclined plane to pressurize the first friction pad towards the disk,
wherein the second wedge member is configured to move along an inclined plane to pressurize the second friction pad towards the disk,
wherein one end of the first friction pad is hinged to the first wedge member, and another end of the first friction pad is supported by a first elastic member so as to be protruded toward the disk,
wherein one end of the second friction pad is hinged to the second wedge member, and another end of the second friction pad is supported by a second elastic member so as to be protruded toward the disk, and
wherein the first elastic member is arranged between the first wedge member and the first friction pad, and the second elastic member is arranged between the second wedge member and the second friction pad.
2. The disk brake for vehicles according to claim 1 , further comprising a first back plate fixed to the rear surface of the first friction pad, and a second back plate fixed to the rear surface of the second friction pad,
wherein one end of the first back plate is hinged to the first wedge member, and thus the first friction pad is hinged to the first wedge member through the first back plate, and
wherein one end of the second back plate is hinged to the second wedge member, and thus the second friction pad is hinged to the second wedge member through the second back plate.
3. The disk brake for vehicles according to claim 2 , wherein:
first hinge protrusions to rotatably install the first back plate on the first wedge member are respectively protruded from both sides of the one end of the first back plate;
first hinge parts, at which respective first hinge protrusions are rotatably installed, are formed on the first wedge member;
second hinge protrusions to rotatably install the second back plate on the second wedge member are respectively protruded from both sides of the one end of the second back plate; and
second hinge parts, at which respective second hinge protrusions are rotatably installed, are formed on the second wedge member.
4. The disk brake for vehicles according to claim 1 , wherein a first receipt hole to receive the first elastic member is depressed on the first wedge member, and
wherein a second receipt hole to receive the second elastic member is depressed on the second wedge member.