Brake System of a Drum Brake
AssigneeSAF-HOLLAND GmbH
InventorsOlaf Drewes, Frederik Biewer
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Abstract
A brake system of a drum brake includes a carrier unit and a brake cylinder, wherein a connecting element is provided, which has a first connection section for fixing the brake cylinder and is fixed in a second connection section to the carrier unit wherein, the first connection section is arranged offset to the second connection section while being parallel relative to the wheel axis, and wherein the first connection section can be fixed directly to the brake cylinder in order to keep the distance between the center of gravity of the brake cylinder and the first connection section low.
Claims27
1-11. (canceled)
A brake system of a drum brake, comprising:
- a carrier unit;
- a brake cylinder;
- a connecting elements having a first connection section fixing the brake cylinder, and is fixed in a second connection section to the carrier unit;
- wherein the first connection section is arranged offset to the second connection section while being parallel relative to a wheel axis;
- wherein the first connection section can be fixed directly to the brake cylinder in order to keep the distance between the center of gravity of the brake cylinder and the first connection section low;
- and
- wherein the distance of the center of gravity of the brake cylinder to the first connection section is in a relationship of from about 0.05 to about 0.9 to the distance of the center of gravity of the brake cylinder to the second connection section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.