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title: "When and who invented the  Disc Brake?"  
description: "When and who invented the  Disc Brake?"  
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published: 2018-08-30  
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# When and who invented the  Disc Brake?

When and who invented the Disc Brake?\
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## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**The ‘Disk Brake’ was invented by ‘Frederick William Lanchester’ and got patented the Disk Brake in 1902 in his ‘Birmingham Factory’**.

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The disk brake was invented long before it gets popular or demand to arise in the market. The disk brake was not successful in the two-wheelers due to the bad quality of roads. Later, the [automobile](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47893/what-was-distinguisable-feature-of-this-escorts-ace) industry gets boom then demand for Disc Brake started. The first successful implementation of disk brake was done on Lanchester Cars. **Its successful application began during [World War II](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43428/what-empowered-black-leaders-in-the-united-states-to-organize-the-double-v-campaign-after-world-war-ii-began) in Airplanes and Tanks.****Frederick William Lanchester was an English Engineer who made many important contributions in Aerodynamics and [Automotive](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31065/what-does-the-commonly-used-automotive-abbreviation-abs-stand-for) Engineering**. In 1922, he was chosen a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1941, The Institution of [Civil Engineers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39735/which-are-the-latest-technology-in-recently-developed-civil-engineering) and in 1945 Institution of [Mechanical Engineering](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44525/which-is-the-best-course-to-pursue-after-b-tech-in-mechanical-engineering) awarded him a [Gold Medal](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34356/which-indian-won-the-gold-medal-at-the-17th-world-individual-chess-championship-for-differently-abled) for his revolutionary contribution in both the fields.


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