Disc brake

US3973653A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Volkswagenwerk AG · DE

Inventors

• Otto Weber · Wolfsburg, DE
• Horst Hartwig
• Gunter Munchenberg

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 1973
• Grant date: Aug 10, 1976
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 1993

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D65/0006
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disc brake with a friction disc having a pair of annular friction surfaces placed between brake shoes disposed about such friction surfaces for coming into frictional engagement therewith when the brake is actuated, the friction disc including a cast member located in the region of the surfaces which come into frictional contact with the brake shoes when the brake is actuated, the cast member including a separating joint running oblique with respect to the friction surfaces.