Blocks for wheel brakes
AssigneeCofren S.r.l.
InventorVittorio De Soccio
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Abstract
A block for wheel brakes comprising a friction portion, in which a friction surface is defined, which, in use, acts upon a peripheral surface of a wheel in order to carry out the braking action, a support plate, which is fixed, in an irreversible manner, to a surface of the friction portion opposite the friction surface, and a base plate, which is fixed to the support plate and comprises a coupling element to fix the block as a whole to a brake system. The block comprises at least one elastic element placed between the support plate and the base plate. The presence of the elastic element creates a ventilation air space between the support plate and the base plate.
Claims11
A block for wheel brakes comprising:
- a friction portion in which a friction surface is defined, which is arranged so as to act upon a peripheral surface of a wheel to carry out a braking action, the peripheral surface being in contact with a rail during use of the friction portion;
- a support plate fixed in an irreversible manner to a surface of the friction portion opposite the friction surface;
- a base plate fixed to the support plate and comprising a coupling element to fix the block as a whole to a brake system, the block comprising a plurality of elastic elements placed between the support plate and the base plate, the elastic elements creating a ventilation air space between the support plate and the base plate;
- wherein the elastic elements include Belleville washers.
A block for wheel brakes comprising:
- a friction portion in which a friction surface is defined, which is arranged so as to act upon a peripheral surface of a wheel to carry out a braking action, the peripheral surface being in contact with a rail during use of the friction portion;
- a support plate fixed in an irreversible manner to a surface of the friction portion opposite the friction surface;
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- a base plate fixed to the support plate and comprising a coupling element to fix the block as a whole to a brake system, the block comprising at least one elastic element placed between the support plate and the base plate, the elastic element creating a ventilation air space between the support plate and the base plate,
- wherein the base plate is coupled to the support plate in a reversible manner through action of a plurality of bolts, each of the bolts having an uncoupling end housed inside a hole made in the friction portion and on which to intervene to uncouple the support plate from the base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.