US 7,575,107 B2
Brake disc
Hitoshi Takeuchi, Shizuoka (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-Ken (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/953,622.
Application 11/953622 is a division of application No. 10/575614, granted, now 7,374,025, previously published as PCT/JP2004/015420, filed on Oct. 19, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-363543 (JP), filed on Oct. 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2008/0257663 A1, Oct. 23, 2008
Int. Cl. F16D 65/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 188—218XL  [188/218 A] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake disc comprising:
an annular braking section for brake pads to be brought into sliding contact therewith; and
a plurality of connecting arms formed integrally with the braking section, each connecting arm extending from one end at an inside circumferential edge of the annular braking section to another end with a mounting hole formed therein, wherein
each connecting arm extends separately and their mounting holes are not directly connected,
each connecting arm extends in a direction that is approximately perpendicular to a radial line of the brake disc,
each connecting arm comprises a plurality of frame members, and
a frame member of one connecting arm is coupled to the another end of an adjacent connecting arm through a reinforcement frame.