Inwardly straddling disc brake for automotive vehicles

US5193652A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alfred Teves GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rudolf Thiel · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Ulrich Klimt · Groß-Umstadt, DE
• Helmut Kast · Frankfurt, DE
• Hans Bungert · Geisenheim, DE
• Ludwig Dreilich · Kronberg, DE
• Hinrich Hornbostel · Bad Camberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 1990
• Grant date: Mar 16, 1993
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2065/026
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disc brake for automotive vehicles in which the brake disc is straddled radially from the inside by a fist-shaped brake housing. The supporting and guide elements of the housing consist of a supporting bearing (34) and a movable bearing (7). The supporting bearing (34) connects the housing (8) with the holder (6). The housing 8 is swivelable about the supporting bearing (34). The housing (8) takes support on the movable bearing (7) which comprises a pin (3) rigidly coupled directly to the wheel suspension (38). By coupling the movable bearing (7) directly to the wheel suspension and supporting the lining in a tangential direction directly on the entering side, maximum utilization of the radial space, an increase of the effective radius, and a reduction of the thermal load of the brake are achieved.