Brake Carrier
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsPhilipp ADAMCZYK, Matthias KLINGNER, Akbar HASSANI
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Abstract
A one-piece brake carrier for a vehicle disc brake is provided. The brake carrier has a frame-like disc wrap-around element which has two mutually parallel bridge struts, and two frame sections arranged parallel to a brake disc rotation axis and connecting the bridge struts. The brake carrier further has a securing flange by which the brake carrier is fixable to an axle flange. One or both of the frame sections, starting from a side of the brake carrier away from the securing flange widens toward an outer edge of the securing flange.
Claims9
An integral brake carrier for a vehicle disc brake having a brake disc, comprising:
- a disc-encompassing frame portion having two parallel bridge struts and two frame portions arranged parallel to a brake-disc axis of rotation and connected to the two bridge struts;
- and
- a fastening flange configured for attaching the brake carrier to an axle flange of a vehicle axle,
- wherein
- at least one of the two frame portions widen in a direction from a side of the disc-encompassing portion facing away from the fastening flange, to an outer edge of the fastening flange, the widening being an increase in distance from a plane of the disc-encompassing portion, and
- at least one of the bridge struts is provided with at least one side tilted by an angle away from a right angle relative to a side facing the brake disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.