Brake assembly with air cooling system

US6357563B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC · US

Inventors

• Roy Hayford · Redford, US
• Neil Williams · Cwmbran, GB
• Juergen Dreher · Mülheim-Kärlich, DE
• Christos Kyrtsos · Southfield, US
• Wilfried Giering · Mendig, DE
• Gerald D. Anderson · Oxford, US
• David L. Brademeyer · Dayton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2065/787
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle braking system includes a device for cooling the components of the brake assembly. The air source that is normally used to activate the brake assembly components is coupled with a plurality of flexible conduits that direct air toward one or more of the brake assembly components. A high velocity air nozzle preferably is provided at the end of each conduit. The air from the compressed air source is maintained in a compressed state through the conduits and decompresses as it exits the discharge nozzles. The decompression of the air through the nozzles results in cooling the air and the nearby brake components at which the air is directed.