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Damper For Brake Noise Reduction, Jonathan A. Wickert, Adnan Akay
Damper For Brake Noise Reduction, Jonathan A. Wickert, Adnan Akay
Jonathan A. Wickert
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 …