Wheel carrier for vehicles with a disc brake
AssigneeFreni Brembo S.p.A.
InventorsPaolo Masoni, Leone Oberti
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Abstract
A wheel carrier (1) for providing a rotary connection between a wheel and suspension means of a vehicle comprises a support member (2) in order to support a braking band (3) and a connection flange (4) in order to support the wheel of the vehicle, in which the support member (2) and the connection flange (4) are two separate parts, first connecting means (8, 9, 10, 11) in order to connect the support member (2) to the suspension means and second connecting means (20, 21, 33) in order to rotatably connect the connection flange (4) to the support member (2), in which the first connecting means (8, 9, 10, 11) and the second connecting means (20, 21, 33) are functionally separate from one another.
Claims42
A wheel carrier (1) intended to provide a rotary connection around an axis (S) between a wheel of a vehicle, which can be braked by means of a disc brake, and suspension means of the vehicle, comprising:
- a support member (2) adapted to support a braking band (3),
- a connection flange (4) adapted to support said wheel of the vehicle, wherein the support member (2) and the connection flange (4) are two separate parts,
- first connecting means (8, 9, 10, 11) in order to connect the support member (2) to the suspension means;
- second connecting means (20, 21, 33) in order to removably connect the connection flange (4) to the support member (2), characterized in that the first connecting means (8, 9, 10, 11) and the second connecting means (20, 21, 33) are functionally separate from one another, such that the connection between the connection flange (4) and the support member (2) is independent from the connection between the support member (2) and the suspension means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.