BRAKING SURFACE COOLING ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE PERFORMANCE ENHANCING METHODS

摘要

Vanes (20) positioned immediately adjacent the swept area (21) of a moving friction brake rotor (12) induce a flow of air over the rotor (12) by displacing the boundary layer of gases from the rotor surface and conducting such layer along the intercepting surface o the vane, and thus inducing a flow of cooler air over the rotor (12). Under heavy braking, friction pad particles and substantial quantities of thermal energy in the superheated gases of the boundary layer are removed by the vanes (20).