A brake dust cover includes an annular plate in which a cutout for avoidance of a brake caliper is provided in a first predetermined angle region, and a cover portion that overhangs to one side in an axial direction of the annular plate and covers an outer peripheral surface of a brake disc rotor is included at an outer periphery of a second predetermined angle region. The annular plate includes a small diameter region disposed in a third predetermined angle region other than the second predetermined angle region. In the annular plate, an outer diameter of the third predetermined angle region is smaller than an outer diameter of the second predetermined angle region. The annular plate does not include, in the small diameter region, a portion that overhangs to one side in the axial direction of the annular plate and covers the outer peripheral surface of the brake disc rotor.

The present invention relates to a mechanical energy transfer system that comprises a moving member that imparts energy to an engaging member as a friction force is applied to the moving member. The moving members may be rotating plates/disks, belts, or drums/cylinders. Upon engagement of the moving members by the engaging members, movement is transferred to the engaging members. Movement transfer may occur through the application of any frictional force, such as a magnetic force or a mechanical force.

A suspension upright assembly for a vehicle provides a wheel hub bearing and a suspension upright including a fiber-reinforced composite bushing arranged around the wheel hub bearing, attachment members for attaching the suspension upright to a suspension assembly and to a brake caliper of the vehicle, and a fiber-reinforced composite truss-structure that connects at least one of the attachment members to the bushing and/or to a further one of the attachment members.

A multiplate clutch or brake has a plate carrying device (2) having a plate carrier (4). The plate carrier (4) has a tubular section (24). The plate carrying device (2) also has a supporting ring (6), which surrounds the tubular section (24) and on which the tubular section (24) can be supported or is supported outwardly in a radial direction (12). A cross section of the supporting ring (6) has at least one radial leg (30; 38) extending substantially in a radial direction (12, 14).

A multiplate clutch or brake has a plate carrying device (2) having a plate carrier (4). The plate carrier (4) has a tubular section (24). The plate carrying device (2) also has a supporting ring (6), which surrounds the tubular section (24) and on which the tubular section (24) can be supported or is supported outwardly in a radial direction (12). A cross section of the supporting ring (6) has at least one radial leg (30; 38) extending substantially in a radial direction (12, 14).

In an in-wheel motor drive device, a speed reduction part is a parallel shaft gear reducer that includes a plurality of gear shafts extending in parallel to one another. One of the gear shafts is coupled with the rotation shaft of the motor part, the other one of the gear shafts is coupled with the wheel hub of the wheel hub bearing part. Remaining gear shafts decelerate the rotation of the motor part and transmit it to the wheel hub. The motor drive device includes a parking gear attached to any of the gear shafts. The parking pawl has a projection portion engaged with a recess portion of the parking gear. A movement member enables a parking pawl to move between a locking position engaged with the recess portion and an unlocking position not engaged therewith. The parking gear, the parking pawl, and movement member are housed inside a housing.

A caliper comprising: (a) an inboard side; (b) an outward side, wherein the inboard side and the outboard side include three or more bores that are radially staggered relative to two or more of the bores; and (c) a pocket located within a central region of the inboard side, the outboard side, or both; wherein the bores on the inboard side, the outboard side, or both are positioned so that: (i) all of the bores are located entirely radially below the pocket; (ii) none of the bores are located below the pocket; (iii) one or more of the bores are located partially radially below the pocket; (iv) one or more of the bores are located entirely radially below the pocket; (v) one or more of the bores are not located partially or entirely radially below the pocket; or (vi) a combination of (iii) through (v).

An electric parking brake for an automotive vehicle comprises a brake caliper having first and second bores. A first piston is mounted in the first bore and a second piston is mounted in the second bore. A first actuator supports the first piston and a second actuator supports the second piston. The first and second actuators are controlled individually.

A brake assembly is suitable for use with a vehicle wheel that has a rim rotatably mounted to an axle. The brake assembly includes a housing fixedly positioned relative to the axle and a plurality of disks disposed within the housing and fixedly positioned relative to the rim. A fluid is disposed within the housing and has a selectively variable viscosity. The viscosity of the fluid is selectively increased to increase a braking force applied to the wheel.

A disc brake for utility vehicles includes a brake disc, a first brake lining on a first side of the brake disc and a second brake lining on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side. A spreading device is also provided which generates a force that moves the first and the second brake lining away from one another.