Patent · US Active

Disc brake for a motor vehicle and housing for the same

US8978837B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

11References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Ralf Erben · Kemmenau, DE
Michael Herberts · Koblenz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2008
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2125/40
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a disc brake for a motor vehicle having a housing, a piston which is movable in the housing along a longitudinal axis and a nut-spindle arrangement which acts on the piston or can be brought into engagement with this, wherein the nut-spindle arrangement is arranged in the housing and is workingly supported via a bearing arrangement on a support surface of the housing. In order to increase the service life of the bearing arrangement, the support surface is formed by a defined contact surface which projects with respect to an adjacent housing region and against which the bearing arrangement bears.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.