Compressed-air disk brake

US6234587A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Eduard Gerum · Rosenheim, DE
• Armin Theiss · Mauth, DE
• Hans Baumgartner · Viersen, DE
• Dieter Bieker · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 1999
• Grant date: May 22, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S303/10
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A compressed-air disk brake for vehicles comprises an actuating device for applying brake blocks in the direction of a brake disk and a brake cylinder, which, on arrival of the compressed air, initiates a braking action via the actuating device. At least one control module, comprising individual pneumatic and electronic components, is incorporated into the brake and/or the associated brake cylinder. For example, the control module may be formed directly on the brake cylinder housing section which encloses the ventilation chamber.