Brake piston
AssigneeFreni Brembo S.p.A.
InventorsRoberto Malagoli, Riccardo Arrigoni
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a brake piston with reduced transmission of heat from the disk to the brake fluid. In particular, the present invention relates to a disk-brake piston (7) characterized in that it comprises a cup (12) having a skirt (14) and a head portion (15), and a tubular insert (13) housed in the cup, a space for cooling air being defined between the outer surface of the tubular insert (13) and the inner surface of the skirt (14) of the cup (12).
Claims18
A disk-brake piston, comprising a cup having a skirt and a head portion, and a hollow tubular insert housed in the cup, the tubular insert comprising a plurality of through-holes for putting the hollow interior of the insert into communication with the space between the insert and the skirt of the cup, wherein a space for cooling air is defined between an outer surface of the tubular insert and an inner surface of the skirt of the cup.
A disk-brake comprising at least one piston, said piston comprising a cup having a skirt and a head portion, said piston further comprising a hollow tubular insert housed in the cup, the tubular insert comprising a plurality of through-holes for putting the hollow interior of the insert into communication with the space between the insert and the skirt of the cup, wherein a space for cooling air is defined between an outer surface of the tubular insert and an inner surface of the skirt of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.