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US 2019/0162258 A1Published application
Disc brake
AssigneeMeritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
InventorsNeel Shah, Adrian Kinder
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Abstract
A disc brake that includes a caliper having a housing, an actuation mechanism, and a cover plate. The cover plate is releasably mounted to an outboard facing surface of a housing of the caliper by at least one fastening member that is insertable in a generally inboard direction and removable in a generally outboard direction.
Claims17
A disc brake comprising:
- a caliper having a housing defining a cavity;
- an actuation mechanism located at least partially within the cavity;
- and
- a cover plate that closes a mouth of the cavity, the mouth being adjacent a rotor of the disc brake in use, and the cover plate being releasably mounted to an outboard facing surface of the housing by a fastening member that is insertable in a generally inboard direction and removable in a generally outboard direction;
- wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a spreader plate for transferring force from a piston of the actuation mechanism to an inboard brake pad of the disc brake, the spreader plate being arranged intermediate the cover plate and the rotor in use;
- and
- wherein the spreader plate comprises at least one bore or recess dimensioned and aligned so as to allow a tool to access the fastening member to fit or remove the cover plate.
4 more elements
A disc brake comprising:
- a caliper having a housing defining a cavity;
- an actuation mechanism located at least partially within the cavity;
- and
- a cover plate that closes a mouth of the cavity, the mouth being adjacent a rotor of the disc brake in use, and the cover plate being releasably mounted to an outboard facing surface of the housing by a fastening member that is insertable in a generally inboard direction and removable in a generally outboard direction;
- wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a spreader plate for transferring force from a piston of the actuation mechanism to an inboard brake pad of the disc brake, the spreader plate being arranged intermediate the cover plate and the rotor in use;
- and
- wherein the fastening member is positioned at a location that is radially outward from the cavity and radially outward from a radial outer edge of the spreader plate such that no bore or recess is provided in the spreader plate to allow a tool to access the fastening member to fit or remove the cover plate.
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A method of assembling a disc brake comprising:
- providing a caliper having a housing defining a cavity;
- locating at least part of an actuation mechanism within the cavity;
- and
- closing off a mouth of the cavity with a cover plate, the mouth being adjacent a rotor of the disc brake in use, by releasably mounting the cover plate to an outboard facing surface of the housing by at inserting at least one fastening member in a generally inboard direction;
- wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a spreader plate for transferring force from a piston of the actuation mechanism to an inboard brake pad of the disc brake, the spreader plate being arranged intermediate the cover plate and the rotor in use;
- and
- wherein the spreader plate comprises at least one bore or recess dimensioned and aligned so as to allow a tool to access the fastening member to fit the cover plate.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.