Actuating unit for an electromechanically actuated disc brake

US6752249B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE
• INA Wälzlager Schaeffler oHG · DE

Inventors

• Johann Jungbecker · Badenheim, DE
• Stefan Schmitt · Eltville am Rhein, DE
• Oliver Hoffmann · Frankfurt, DE
• Joachim Nell · Hanau, DE
• Ernst Neuwirth · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Wendelin Backes · Geesthacht, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2127/06
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuating unit for an electromechanically actuated disc brake for automotive vehicles which is composed of a drive unit or an electric motor, an actuating element forming one of two friction linings into engagement with a brake disc, and a reducing gear. A freewheel mechanism that interacts with the electric motor has the function of a parking brake. In order to ensure a high level of reliability in operation of the parking brake and to render it resistant to external influences, in particular, oscillations or vibrations, the present invention suggest that the freewheel mechanism be configured in such a way that its clamping effect is produced by a form-locking torque transmission and that, in its actuated state, it prevents a rotational movement of a bearing in which the rotor of the electric motor is mounted.