Brake lining for railway vehicles and disc brake equipped with the same

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PATENT NO 9394953
APP PUB NO 20140097049A1
SERIAL NO

14123260

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A disc brake for railway vehicles includes a brake disc fixed to a wheel or an axle of a railway vehicle and a brake lining configured to be pressed against a frictional surface of the brake disc by a brake caliper. The brake lining includes a plurality of friction members arranged to be spaced from each other, each of the friction members having a surface that faces the frictional surface of the brake disc, a metallic backing secured to back surfaces of the friction members, and a base plate supporting the friction members on the back surface side via spring members. The base plate is mounted to a brake caliper; wherein the friction members are provided in pairs with each pair being formed by two adjacent ones of the friction members, and the metallic backing is a one-piece member provided for each pair of the friction members.

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NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONTOKYO JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asabe, Kazutaka Tokyo, JP 18 63
Fujimoto, Takahiro Tokyo, JP 39 120
Karino, Yasushi Fussa, JP 7 36
Kato, Takanori Tokyo, JP 61 107
Maejima, Takashi Kyoto, JP 11 99
Nakano, Satoru Kyoto, JP 8 35
Nakano, Takeshi Kyoto, JP 103 671
Saga, Shin-ichi Kokubunji, JP 2 19
Sakaguchi, Atsushi Tokyo, JP 47 186

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