Multi-part brake caliper having at least one hollow section
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorsHatem Shahin, Moritz Riemer, Lothar Wagner, Kai Braun
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Abstract
The invention concerns a multi-part brake caliper for a vehicle disc brake, the brake caliper comprising: a first part comprising a portion that is arrangeable at a first side face of a brake disc of the vehicle disc brake and that is configured to receive a brake piston; a second part that is formed separately from the first part and comprises a finger portion that is arrangeable at a second side face of the brake disc; wherein the first part is a metal casted part and the second part comprises sheet metal and wherein the second part further comprises at least one at least partially enclosed hollow section.
Claims11
A multi-part brake caliper for a vehicle disc brake, the brake caliper comprising:
- a first part comprising a portion that is arrangeable at a first side face of a brake disc of the vehicle disc brake and that is configured to receive a brake piston;
- a second part that is formed separately from the first part and comprises a finger portion that is arrangeable at a second side face of the brake disc;
- wherein the first part is a metal casted part and the second part comprises sheet metal sections and wherein the second part further comprises at least one at least partially enclosed hollow section,
- wherein the brake caliper has a middle portion that is arrangeable opposite to a circumferential surface of the brake disc, the middle portion being comprised either by the first part or by the second part,
- wherein the middle portion extends from a finger side to a piston side,
- wherein the middle portion comprises a sheet metal section with a reduced thickness that forms at least part of an upper side of the middle portion, and
- wherein an average or maximum thickness of the sheet metal sections comprised by the finger portion exceeds an average or maximum thickness of the sheet metal sections comprised by the middle portion.
A method of producing a brake caliper for a vehicle disc brake, the brake caliper comprising:
- a first part comprising a portion that is arrangeable at a first side face of a brake disc of the vehicle disc brake and that is configured to receive a brake piston;
- a second part that is formed separately from the first part and comprises a finger portion that is arrangeable at a second side face of the brake disc;
- wherein the first part is a metal casted part and the second part comprises sheet metal sections and wherein the second part further comprises at least one at least partially enclosed hollow section;
- wherein the brake caliper has a middle portion that is arrangeable opposite to a circumferential surface of the brake disc, the middle portion being comprised either by the first part or by the second part,
- wherein the middle portion extends from a finger side to a piston side,
- wherein the middle portion comprises a sheet metal section with a reduced thickness that forms at least part of an upper side of the middle portion, and
- wherein an average or maximum thickness of the sheet metal sections comprised by the finger portion exceeds an average or maximum thickness of the sheet metal sections comprised by the middle portion,
- the method comprising:
- securing the first part and second part to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.