Spot type disc brake

US5113978A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alfred Teves GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Weiler · Eppstein, DE
• Wolfgang Schiel · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Rainer Bretzler · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 1990
• Grant date: May 19, 1992
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2055/0041
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a spot-type disc brake, in particular for automotive vehicles, with a housing straddles a brake disc in a U-shaped manner and has a housing bridge, a first housing leg having a piston-and-cylinder unit, and a second, external housing leg, with a first brake shoe which has a carrier plate and is arranged on the first, piston-side leg, with a second brake shoe which has a carrier plate and is arranged on the second, external housing leg and supports the housing radially relative to the brake disc's axis and with projections on the carrier plate which supports the brake shoe in the radial direction and in the circumferential direction. According to this invention, the projections on the carrier plate of the brake shoe are arranged outside the circumference of the brake disc.