Brake unit including brake disc and brake lining

US6265071A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Gross · Achern, DE
• Tilmann Haug · Weißenhorn, DE
• Emil Naumann · Reichenbach, DE
• Kolja Rebstock · Ulm, DE
• Michael Scheydecker · Nersingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/30
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake unit includes a brake disc of a ceramic material and a brake pad that cooperates with it in tribological fashion. The brake pad is made of a sintered metal material or of an inorganically bound material having a ceramic binding phase and metal particles. The brake unit has a high thermal loading capacity, very good performance characteristics in terms of comfort, and an acceptable service life.