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US 9,869,357 B2Granted
Disc brake
AssigneeMeritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
InventorsDietmar Knoop, Paul Thomas
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Abstract
A brake carrier for an air-actuated disc brake. The brake carrier may have first and second carrier portions that may include a mounting arrangement and a recess. The recess may define a circumferential abutment surface for restraining motion of a brake pad in a circumferential direction and a radial abutment surface for restraining motion of the brake pad in a radially inward direction.
Claims19
A brake carrier for an air-actuated disc brake, the brake carrier comprising:
- a first carrier portion and a second carrier portion, the first and second carrier portions each including:
- a mounting arrangement for mounting to an axle or a steering component;
- and
- a recess defining a circumferential abutment surface for restraining motion of a common brake pad in a circumferential direction and the recess further defining a radial abutment surface for restraining motion of the brake pad in a radially inward direction, wherein the first and second carrier portions are separate components not physically connected to each other.
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A disc brake comprising:
- a brake carrier that has a first carrier portion and a second carrier portion, the first and second carrier portions each including:
- a mounting arrangement for mounting to an axle or a steering component;
- and
- a recess defining a circumferential abutment surface for restraining motion of a common brake pad in a circumferential direction and the recess further defining a radial abutment surface for restraining motion of the brake pad in a radially inward direction, wherein the first and second carrier portions are separate components not physically connected to each other;
- and
- a brake caliper mounted on the brake carrier.
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A method of manufacturing a brake carrier comprising:
- forging a first and second carrier portions that each include:
- a mounting arrangement for mounting to an axle or a steering component;
- and
- a recess defining a single circumferential abutment surface for restraining motion of a common brake pad in a circumferential direction and the recess further defining a single radial abutment surface for restraining motion of the brake pad in a radially inward direction;
- wherein the first and second carrier portions are separate components not physically connected to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.