Patent · US Expired

Disc brake

US6264010A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

17References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Doll · Aschaffenburg, DE
Hans-Georg Keferstein · Darmstadt, DE
Holger Kranlich · Karben, DE
Rudolf Thiel · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Jürgen Bauer · Pocking, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 1999
Grant date	Jul 24, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2125/26
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disc brake with hydraulically operable brake pads and a mechanical actuating which includes an actuating shaft that is rotatably and sealedly mounted in a bore of a brake housing and acts upon at least one of the brake pads. The present invention focuses on that at least in the area of a shaft duct, a sealing element is provided which is fixed to the actuating shaft so as to rotate along with it and cooperates with at least one associated sealing element and/or mating sealing surfaces in a radial direction. The sealing element bridges a portion of the actuating shaft which is different from the shape of a circle.

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