公开(公告)号：US09303705B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-05

申请号：US14340689

申请日：2014-07-25

Applicant: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC

Inventor： Ronald Plantan ,  Carolyn Dute

IPC: F16D65/12 ,  F16D65/02

CPC classification number: F16D65/123 ,  F16D2065/1368 ,  F16D2065/1392 ,  F16D2250/0084

Abstract: A disc brake for a vehicle axle includes a brake rotor, a brake caliper that straddles the brake rotor, a wheel hub, and a plurality of brake rotor mounting elements that couple the brake rotor to the wheel hub. The brake rotor includes a friction ring portion and a rotor mounting portion radially inward of the friction ring portion. The rotor mounting portion is formed on a radially inner circumference of the brake rotor, and includes a plurality of splines extending radially inward toward an axis of rotation of the brake rotor and a radially inward extending axial motion limiting feature disposed between each adjacent pair of the plurality of splines.

Abstract translation: 用于车轴的盘式制动器包括制动转子，跨过制动转子的制动钳，轮毂和将制动转子联接到轮毂的多个制动转子安装元件。 制动转子包括摩擦环部分和位于摩擦环部分径向内侧的转子安装部分。 转子安装部分形成在制动转子的径向内圆周上，并且包括多个花键，其沿制动转子的旋转轴向径向向内延伸，并且设置在每个相邻的一对之间的径向向内延伸的轴向运动限制特征 多个花键。

公开(公告)号：US08960381B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-24

申请号：US14044372

申请日：2013-10-02

Applicant: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC

Inventor： Ronald Plantan ,  Harish Radhakrishnan ,  Dennis Wolf ,  Will Roberts ,  Steven Bell ,  Richard Lantz

IPC: F16D55/00 ,  F16D65/092

CPC classification number: F16D65/092 ,  F16D65/095 ,  F16D2055/0008

Abstract: A system and method are provided for mounting, removing and retaining brake pads in disc brakes, such as air-operated disc brakes utilized on commercial vehicles, in a manner which does not require the use of separate brake pad retaining devices while providing positive retention of the brake pad. A preferred embodiment includes a brake caliper mount having brake pad abutment surfaces having radially-oriented and lateral grooves which permit a brake pad with corresponding projections on is lateral sides to be inserted through an opening of the brake caliper into the radially-oriented grooves until the backing plate projections are aligned with the lateral groove, and advancing the brake actuator behind the brake pad to place the brake pad in an operating position in which the actuator prevents the brake pad from realigning with the radially-oriented grooves until the actuator is retracted to permit brake pad extraction.