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US 6,182,799 B2Granted
Fixed-yoke brake with appropriate brake pads
AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsManfred Reuter, Hans-Dieter Leidecker, Rolf Weiler
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Abstract
A fixed caliper brake wherein, the material rigidity is reduced at appropriate locations on the brake housing and of the brake linings in order to create partial systems at the brake which can vibrate in a damped manner. With respect to weight, these steps are undertaken extensively in a neutral manner and they reduce the vibrations of the entire brake assembly resulting in a reduction in braking noises.
Claims28
Fixed caliper brake comprising:
- a brake housing adapted to extend across a brake disk,
- two brake linings arranged in a shaft of the brake housing which opens radially toward the outside and wherein the brake linings include a friction lining and the lining's backing plate, wherein the brake linings can respectively be pressed directly against the brake disk by means of a hydraulic operating device, wherein the brake housings have protrusions which extend in axial direction and border on the shaft in peripheral direction and serve as a lining support in peripheral direction, wherein the reduction of brake noises at the brake housing or at the brake linings, is achieved by reducing the rigidity of the material used to fabricate the brake housing or the brake linings is reduced in order to produce partial systems which vibrate in damped form at the fixed caliper brake wherein the lining support is formed by means of two peglike lining arrangements extending in the axial direction and essentially connected to the brake housing only in the area of the hydraulic operating device and in that they can vibrate in the tangential as well as the radial direction.
Fixed caliper brake comprising:
- a brake housing adapted to extend across a brake disk,
- two brake linings arranged in a shaft of the brake housing which opens radially toward the outside and wherein the brake linings include a friction lining and the lining's backing plate, wherein the brake linings can respectively be pressed directly against the brake disk by means of a hydraulic operating device, wherein the brake housings have protrusions which extend in axial direction and border on the shaft in peripheral direction and serve as a lining support in peripheral direction, wherein the reduction of brake noises at the brake housing or at the brake linings, is achieved by reducing the rigidity of the material used to fabricate the brake housing or the brake linings is reduced in order to produce partial systems which vibrate in damped form at the fixed caliper brake, wherein the vibration damper is integrally cast onto the brake housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.