Hydraulically controlled disk brake with serial fluid flow
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWilhelm Kroniger
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Abstract
A hydraulically controlled disk brake of a motor vehicle having at least one hydraulically actuable brake piston that is arranged in a caliper and is guided in at least one cylinder. The brake has a duct which continuously serially connects the cylinders in each half of the caliper, this duct having separate inlet and outlet openings. A check valve for each inlet and outlet opening is respectively arranged in front of the first cylinder after the inlet opening and behind the last cylinder before the outlet opening with respect to flow direction.
Claims10
A hydraulically controlled disk brake of a motor vehicle having a plurality of hydraulically actuable brake pistons that are arranged in a caliper and are guided in a plurality of respective cylinders, said brake comprising:
- duct means for continuously and serially leading brake fluid from an inlet to a first of said plurality of cylinders and on to the last of said plurality of cylinders and from there to an outlet opening;
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- first and second check valve means for said inlet and said outlet openings, one said check valve means being arranged in front of said first cylinder and another said check valve means being arranged behind said last of said cylinders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.