Air operated disk brake for vehicles and method for the manufacture thereof
AssigneeKnorr-Bremse fur Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsVictor Kuhne, Hans Baumgartner, Dieter Bieker
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Abstract
A disk brake for vehicles, especially for utility vehicles, comprising brake shoes, an application on both sides of the brake disk which applies one of the brake shoes, and a force transmitting device to transmit application force to the brake shoe on the other side of the disk brake. The force transmitting device is shaped like a fully enclosed frame, which absorbs the application forces. A modular element of the force transmitting device enables brake mechanism to be premounted and improves structural rigidity.
Claims26
An air-operated disk brake for utility vehicles comprising:
- a) brake shoes on both sides of a brake disk,
- b) an application device for the application of one of the brake shoes,
- c) a force transmitting device for transmitting the application force to the brake shoe on the other side of the brake disk,
- d) a modular element having recesses accommodating operational elements of the application device,
- e) the force transmitting device being a closed frame which surrounds the modular element as well as both brake disks, the frame having a band-type construction,
- f) the modular element being constructed such that it significantly increases the rigidity of the frame in the area of the modular element.
An air-operated disk brake for utility vehicles comprising:
- brake shoes on both sides of a brake disk,
- an application device for the application of one of the brake shoes,
- a force transmitting device for transmitting the application force to the brake shoe on the other side of the brake disk,
- the force transmitting device being a closed frame which surrounds the application device and both brake shoes, and
- the frame having at least partially a wound structure or being constructed as a fiber composite.
A process of manufacturing an air-operated disk brake for utility vehicles, wherein the disk brake incudes a) brake shoes on both sides of a brake disk, b) an application device for the application of one of the brake shoes, and c) a force transmitting device for transmitting the application force to the brake shoe on the other side of the brake disk, the force application device has a modular element, the method including:
- forming the force transmitting device by winding a fiber into a closed frame, and
- positioning the closed frame in a mold, and
- casting the modular element in the mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.