The invention relates to a disc brake comprising a brake calliper (1) engaging over a brake disc (2) and brake pads (3) on both sides of the brake disc, a hold-down means (10) for the pads securing the brake pads (3) against falling out of the disc brake, which extends, in contact with the rear plates (5) of both brake pads (3), in the transverse direction in relation to same, and comprising a flat spring (12) which is spring-elastically in contact with the side of the hold-down means (10) for the pads facing away from the brake pads (3), which extends in the longitudinal direction thereof, and which is supported with both spring ends (31, 32) thereof in spring abutments (21, 22). A securing means (8) is a component of one of the spring abutments, which extends transverse to the hold-down means (10) for the pads and to the flat spring (12). In order to improve and simplify the assembly of the hold-down assembly by technical means, e.g. after exchanging the brake pads, according to the invention, a further component of the hold-down means (21) of the spring is a clip (40) which is connected to the brake calliper (1) via the securing means (8), and with which the inner side (45) of the spring end (31) facing the securing means (8) is in contact.

A disc brake for a commercial vehicle has a brake caliper, which straddles a brake disc and is designed as a sliding caliper and is fastened to a stationary brake carrier, two brake pads, which are arranged in the brake caliper and can be moved in opposite directions and which each have a backing plate and a friction lining fastened to the backing plate, of which brake pads an action-side brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc by an application device via a brake piston, and at least one restoring device, by which the brake caliper can be restored after a braking-related displacement and release of the brake. The disc brake is designed such that the restoring device has at least two rods, which lie against the brake pads with spring loading against the respective application directions of the brake pads, of which rods one is designed as a pulling rod and the other is designed as a pushing rod.

A system is provided for suppressing undesired brake pad motion during brake application, and for installing and removing brake pads utilizing the inventive arrangements. The brake pads and a carrier mount having complementary surface features that retain the brake pad when the brake pad is in its installed position, and a brake pad biasing structure that biases the brake pad in the radially outward direction to bias the contact faces of the mount horn and the brake pad against one another to suppress brake pad kick and vibration and related wear and component fatigue. The radially-outward biasing force may be applied by a spring-loaded plunger located within a bore of a mount horn of the brake pad carrier against a radially-inner surface of a portion of the brake pad extending laterally over the mount horn.

The present invention relates to an assembly (1) of caliper body (2) and brake pads (3, 4). Said caliper body (2) comprises two pockets (5, 6) which receive the pads (3, 4). The caliper body (2) comprises two elongated elements (201, 202) and at least one central bridge (203) which crosses the two pockets (5, 6). Each brake pad (3, 4) comprises a support plate (11, 12) and friction material (13, 14) of predetermined radial extension (MAR). Each support plate (11, 12) comprises a support plate edge (17) having an upper edge portion (18). Each support plate (11, 12) comprises at least one protuberance (19, 20) which projects from said upper edge portion (18) and is hook-shaped defining a plate sliding surface (21) indirectly facing said rotation axis (X-X). Each support plate (11, 12) comprises at least one pad support surface (22) arranged substantially orthogonal to said circumferential direction (C-C) which extends over at least half of the predetermined radial extension (MAR) of said friction material (13, 14). Said central bridge (203) comprises at least two central bridge protuberances (23) separated by a central bridge window (27) which form caliper body sliding surfaces (24) which face said plate sliding surfaces (21). The caliper body (2) comprises at least two caliper support surfaces (25, 26) which face said pad support surfaces (22).

A brake clip for a disc brake assembly having a brake pad received in an anchor bracket includes a shim configured to be received in the anchor bracket. The shim includes a base leg and opposing upper and lower legs extending from the base leg to define a receiving space. At least one of the upper and lower legs includes a retaining member extending in a first direction. A spring is provided in the receiving space for receiving the brake pad. The spring includes a base and a pair of projections extending from the base. At least one of the projections includes a retaining member that cooperates with the at least one retaining member on the shim to allow for a predetermined amount of relative movement between the shim and the spring in the first direction.

A disc brake for a motor vehicle has a brake application device, a floating caliper that reaches over a brake disc, preferably a lining wear adjustment device, and a brake carrier having guiding surfaces opposite each other in the circumferential direction of the brake disc. Between the guiding surfaces, on the brake application side and the reaction side of the brake disc, at least one respective brake pad having a lining carrier and having at least one friction lining is guided movably parallel to an axis of rotation of the brake disc and can be actuated by a brake application force. At least one restoring device which supports at least the reaction-side brake pad on the brake carrier via the lining carrier, wherein the restoring device includes at least two restoring elements, which are attached to the lining carrier of at least the reaction-side brake pad in such a way that the restoring elements are guided movably parallel to the axis of rotation of the brake disc.

The invention relates to a railway braking system for a rail vehicle. The system includes a brake rigging, a service and/or parking brake designed to act on at least one braking member of the vehicle via the brake rigging (which is provided with at least one device having at least one lining support and at least one lining that is mechanically attached to the at least one lining support), and at least one force transmission link. The force transmission link has a first end mechanically attached to a support of the vehicle and an opposite second end mechanically attached to the at least one lining support. The at least one lining support comprises a fastening leg that includes a housing and a mounting member accommodated in the housing, and the second end of the at least one force transmission link is rotatably mounted in the mounting member.

The present disclosure relates to a brake pad, a brake caliper equipped with the brake pad, and a vehicle equipped with the brake caliper. The brake pad may include two brake pad connectors symmetrically positioned with respect to a center of a brake pad surface and connected to the caliper body by springs. Reliability of a return operation of the brake pad is secured, thereby reducing drag and braking noise.

A device for supporting and guiding a brake pad backplate and a brake pad arranged thereon in a pad slot of a disc brake, including a restoring device formed by two separately acting restoring elements. One restoring element is formed by a wire spring which serves to restore the lower portion of the brake pad backplate, while the other restoring element is formed by a pad hold-down spring which is capable of restoring the upper portion of the brake pad backplate.