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Damper for Brake Noise Reduction
(1999)
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing unwanted brake noise has a ring damper affixed around a periphery of a brake rotor in a disk brake system in a manner that permits relative motion and slippage between the ring damper and the rotor when the rotor vibrates during braking. In a preferred embodiment, the ring damper is disposed in a groove formed in the periphery of the disk and is pre-loaded against the rotor both radially and transversely. The ring damper is held in place by the groove itself and by the interference pre-load or pretension between the ring damper and the disk brake rotor.
Keywords
- Patent,
- 5855257
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 5, 1999
Citation Information
Jonathan A. Wickert and Adnan Akay. "Damper for Brake Noise Reduction" (1999) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_wickert/21/