Disc brake for utility vehicles
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsJohann Baumgartner, Andreas Petschke
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Abstract
A disc brake for utility vehicles includes a brake disc, a brake caliper spanning the brake disc, a brake carrier, and an application-side brake pad and a reaction-side brake pad, of which at least the application-side brake lining is accommodated in a lining slot of the brake carrier. The brake caliper houses a brake application device having a single pressure plunger arranged to exert a brake application force on the application-side brake lining via a pressure plate. The brake is configured with one or both of an operative plane of the pressure plate being offset in the direction of the exit side at a distance from a plane of symmetry of the disc brake, and a bevel on the exit side of at least the application-side brake lining.
Claims21
A disc brake for utility vehicles, comprising:
- a brake disc;
- a brake caliper spanning the brake disc;
- a brake carrier arranged to support the brake caliper over the brake disc;
- an application-side brake pad;
- a reaction-side brake pad;
- and
- an application device located in the brake caliper, the application device including a single piston configured to exert an application force on the application-side brake pad via a pressure plate,
- wherein
- at least the application-side brake pad is accommodated in a pad cavity of the brake carrier,
- the brake caliper has a central plane parallel to a rotation axis of the brake disc, and an entry side and an exit side relative to a direction of rotation of the brake disc,
- the disc brake is arranged with one or more of
- an action plane of the pressure plate against the application-side brake pad being offset to the exit side at a distance from the central plane, and
- at least the application-side brake pad has a bevel on an exit side,
- the pressure plate has a geometry which is asymmetric relative to the central plane, and
- the asymmetric pressure plate is oval-shaped.
A vehicle, comprising:
- at least one disc brake, the disc brake including
- a brake disc;
- a brake caliper spanning the brake disc;
- a brake carrier arranged to support the brake caliper over the brake disc;
- an application-side brake pad;
- a reaction-side brake pad;
- and
- an application device located in the brake caliper, the application including a single piston configured to exerts an application force on the application-side brake pad via a pressure plate,
- wherein
- at least the application-side brake pad is accommodated in a pad cavity of the brake carrier,
- the brake caliper has a central plane parallel to a rotation axis of the brake disc, and an entry side and an exit side relative to a direction of rotation of the brake disc,
- the disc brake is arranged with one or more of
- an action plane of the pressure plate against the application-side brake pad being offset to the exit side at a distance from the central plane, and
- at least the application-side brake pad has a bevel on an exit side,
- the pressure plate has a geometry which is asymmetric relative to the central plane, and
- the asymmetric pressure plate is oval-shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.