Brake Carrier
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorTobias FISCHL
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Abstract
A brake carrier is provided for a disc brake having at least one brake pad, wherein the brake carrier includes: a wrap-around disc holder that wraps around a section of a brake disc of the disc brake in a frame-like manner; at least one brake pad slot in which the brake carrier guides the at least one brake pad, wherein the at least one pad slot is formed by carrier lugs, support surfaces and bridge struts on the wrap-around disc holder. The brake carrier is produced as a single piece using a shaping method and has a mold partition burr. The mold partition burr is arranged outside of the wrap-around disc holder.
Claims15
A brake carrier for a disc brake having at least one brake pad, comprising:
- a) a wrap-around disc holder which in a frame-like manner encompasses a portion of a brake disc of the disc brake to be assigned;
- b) at least one brake pad slot in which the brake carrier guides the at least one brake pad;
- c) wherein the at least one brake pad slot is formed by carrier lugs, support faces, and bridge struts on the wrap-around disc holder;
- and
- d) the brake carrier is integrally produced by a primary forming method and has a mold partition burr,
- wherein
- e) the mold partition burr is disposed outside the wrap-around disc holder.
A method for producing a brake carrier, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a casting pattern of the brake carrier;
- b) molding an upper mold half in a mold material while using the casting pattern, wherein the upper mold half has a suspended mold face for molding a brake disc slot of the brake carrier;
- c) removing the molded casting pattern from the upper mold half;
- d) molding a lower mold half in a mold material while using the casting pattern, wherein the lower mold half has an upstanding face for molding the brake disc slot of the brake carrier;
- e) removing the molded casting pattern from the lower mold half;
- f) assembling the lower mold half and the upper mold half so as to form a casting mold, wherein the upstanding mold face and the suspended mold face mutually abut at a mold partition face which is disposed above carrier lugs of the casting model incorporated in the mold;
- g) pouring a liquid material into the casting mold;
- h) unpacking the brake carrier after cooling from the casting mold by destroying the casting mold;
- j) cleaning the brake carrier;
- and
- k) machining the brake carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.