Brake dust collector for motor vehicles

US9291222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Ernst Hummel · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Andreas Beck · Mertingen, DE
• Bernhard Huurdeman · Freiberg, DE
• Ulrich Dehnen · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D65/0031
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake dust collector for a motor vehicles for collecting brake dust has a dust collecting device with a filter element and a filter receptacle in which the filter element is arranged. The filter element is a shaped filter and has at least two partial sections. The at least two partial sections each have a filter material of a different porosity including a first partial section with a great porosity and a second partial section with a small porosity.