Aircraft wheel brake with exchangeable brake segments
AssigneeAirbus Deutschland GmbH
InventorsGerd Roloff, Tilman Haug
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AssigneeAirbus Deutschland GmbH
InventorsGerd Roloff, Tilman Haug
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A vehicle brake arrangement includes a packet of alternating stator brake disks and rotor brake disks that are parallel and rotatable relative to each other. Each stator brake disk includes a support ring, support arms that are circumferentially distributed about, connected to, and protruding radially from an outer circumference of the support ring, and plate-shaped brake segments respectively removably secured in segment-shaped spaces between neighboring ones of the support arms by pivotable latch bars and spring-biased catches engaging recesses of the brake segments. Each brake segment includes a plate-shaped carrier, and a brake pad adhered onto at least one major surface of the carrier. The pads are made of sintered metal and the rotor brake disks are made of a ceramic or ceramic composite. Selective frictional contact between the sintered metal brake pads and the ceramic rotor brake disks provides effective braking friction, and the brake segments are easily exchangeable.
A vehicle brake arrangement comprising:
A vehicle brake arrangement comprising:
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