Brake carrier and disc brake

Abstract

A brake carrier for a disc brake of a commercial vehicle has an attachment region for fixing on a vehicle axis and at least one pad shaft for receiving and supporting at least one brake pad. The pad shaft is formed by way of an inlet-side carrier horn, an outlet-side carrier horn and a bridge which connects the inlet-side carrier horn and the outlet-side carrier horn. Regions of the bridge which adjoin the carrier horns form bearing surfaces for radially supporting the at least one brake pad. The respective guide contours for guiding the brake pad into a push-in position are arranged to the side of the pad shaft on a side surface of the carrier horns, in which push-in position the brake pad can be pushed axially with respect to the vehicle axle into the pad shaft between the carrier horns.

Claims

1. A brake carrier for a disc brake of a commercial vehicle which is actuatable pneumatically or by an electromotor, comprising: a connection region for fastening to a vehicle axle; at least one brake pad shaft for receiving and supporting at least one brake pad, wherein the brake pad shaft is formed by an inlet-side carrier horn, an outlet-side carrier horn, and a bridge connecting the inlet-side carrier horn and the outlet-side carrier horn, regions of the bridge which adjoin the carrier horns form bearing surfaces for radially supporting the at least one brake pad, respective guide contours for guiding the brake pad into a push-in position at a side of the brake pad shaft are arranged adjacent to a side face of the carrier horns, in which position the brake pad is pushable axially with respect to the vehicle axle into the brake pad shaft between the carrier horns, and the guide contours are formed so as to approach each other closer to the bridge.

2. The brake carrier according to claim 1, wherein the bearing surfaces for radially supporting the at least one brake pad are enlarged laterally to the side of the brake pad shaft by a mounting region for limiting the sliding movement of the brake pad into the push-in position.

3. The brake carrier according to claim 2, wherein the guide contours are integrally formed, as thickened material of the carrier horns, adjacent to the side faces of the carrier horns.

4. The brake carrier according to claim 1, wherein the guide contours are integrally formed, as thickened material of the carrier horns, adjacent to the side faces of the carrier horns.

5. The brake carrier according to claim 1, wherein the guide contours each have at least one rectilinear guide region.

6. The brake carrier according to claim 5, wherein a first rectilinear guide region is oriented at an angle to the plane of an inner side of the carrier horns, and a second rectilinear guide region lies within the plane of the inner side of the respective carrier horn.

7. The brake carrier according to claim 1, wherein projections, for radially securing the brake pad with a correspondingly formed brake pad carrier plate with lateral recesses, are integrally formed on respective inner sides of the carrier horns.

8. The brake carrier according to claim 7, wherein in each case one socket for receiving a respective projection of the brake pad carrier plate is integrally formed below the projections, wherein the guide contours each end at a side edge of the respective socket.

9. A disc brake of a commercial vehicle which is actuatable pneumatically or by an electromotor, comprising: a displaceable brake caliper which overlaps a brake disc; a brake carrier; and brake pads, each having a brake pad carrier plate and a friction pad fastened thereto, which are arranged on either side of the brake disc in the brake carrier, wherein on an inlet side and an outlet side, radially with respect to an axis of rotation of the brake disc, the brake pads are retained positively on carrier horns of the brake carrier, wherein the brake carrier comprises: a connection region for fastening to a vehicle axle; at least one brake pad shaft for receiving and supporting at least one of the brake pads, wherein the at least one brake pad shaft is formed by an inlet-side carrier horn, an outlet-side carrier horn, and a bridge connecting the inlet-side carrier horn and the outlet-side carrier horn, regions of the bridge which adjoin the carrier horns form bearing surfaces for radially supporting the at least one brake pad, and respective guide contours for guiding the at least one brake pad into a push-in position at a side of the brake pad shaft are arranged adjacent to a side face of the carrier horns, in which position the at least one brake pad is pushable axially with respect to the vehicle axle into the brake pad shaft between the carrier horns, and the guide contours are formed so as to approach each other closer to the bridge.

10. The disc brake according to claim 9, wherein only action-side carrier horns have the guide contours for guiding the at least one brake pad into a push-in position, to the side of the brake pad shaft.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first alternative embodiment of a brake carrier according to the invention and a brake pad prior to fitting.

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view in detail of the brake carrier from FIG. 1 with a brake pad pushed in partially radially.

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view in detail of the brake pad and the brake carrier from FIG. 1 with a brake pad pushed in completely radially prior to being displaced axially into the brake pad shaft.

(4) FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 with a brake pad pushed into the brake pad shaft.

(5) FIG. 5 is a plan view of the brake carrier from FIG. 1.

(6) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a brake carrier.

(7) FIG. 7 is a perspective view in detail of the brake carrier from FIG. 6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(8) In the following description of the drawings, terms such as upper, lower, left, right, front, rear, etc refer exclusively to the view and position of the brake carrier, the brake pad, the carrier horn, the bridge, the guide contour and the like which are given by way of example in the respective drawings. These terms should not be considered as limiting, i.e. these references can change as a result of different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like.

(9) A brake carrier for a disc brake of a commercial vehicle which can be actuated pneumatically or by an electromotor is labelled by the reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1.

(10) The brake carrier 1 has a connection region 2 which serves for fastening to a vehicle axle, for example by being screwed to an axle flange of a vehicle axle of the commercial vehicle.

(11) A brake pad shaft, which serves to receive and support at least one brake pad 9, is integrally formed above the connection region 2.

(12) The brake carrier 1 shown here thus has two such brake pad shafts. The brake carrier 1 is thus designed such that it overlaps a brake disc (not shown) of the disc brake and thus a brake pad shaft for receiving a brake pad 9 is integrally formed in each case on both sides of the brake disc.

(13) Each of the brake pad shafts is here formed by an inlet-side carrier horn 4, 7, an outlet-side carrier horn 5, 8, and a bridge 3, 6 connecting the inlet-side carrier horn 4, 7 to the outlet-side carrier horn 5, 8.

(14) The carrier horns 4, 5 and the bridge 3 here define the application side. An inlet-side carrier horn 7, an outlet-side carrier horn 8, and a bridge 5 are correspondingly integrally formed on the reaction side of the brake carrier 1.

(15) The design of the brake pad shaft on the application side will be described in detail in the following description.

(16) The brake pad shaft of the reaction side can here have the same design. It is, however, also contemplated to design the reaction-side brake pad shaft at least slightly differently from the application-side brake pad shaft.

(17) The regions of the bridge 3 which adjoin the carrier horns 4, 5 form bearing surfaces 31, 32 which serve to radially support the brake pad 9, wherein an underside 96 of the brake pad bears against the bearing surfaces 31, 32 in the pushed-in state. The bridge 6 of the reaction side of the brake carrier 1 also has such bearing surfaces 61, 62.

(18) A brake pad retaining spring 10 is preferably retained on the upper side of the brake pad 9 opposite the underside 96. The brake pad retaining spring 10 is here preferably fixed to retaining lugs 98 on the outer edges of the upper side of a brake pad carrier plate 91 of the brake pad 9.

(19) The carrier horns 4, 5 each have an inner side 41, 51, facing the brake pad, against which, when the brake pad has been fitted, at least portions of side faces 92, 93 of the brake pad carrier plate 91 of the brake pad 9 are supported, like the bearing surfaces 97 shown in FIG. 1.

(20) Respective guide contours 44, 54, which serve to guide the brake pad 9 into a push-in position to the side of the brake pad shaft, are arranged on a side face 42, 52 of the carrier horns 4, 5 which faces away from the brake disc. The push-in position is here defined as the position in which the brake pad 9 can be pushed axially with respect to the vehicle axle or the axis of rotation (not shown) of the brake disc, into the brake pad shaft between the carrier horns 4, 5.

(21) As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, these guide contours 44, 54 are preferably intergrally formed, as thickened material of the carrier horns 4, 5, on the side faces 42, 52 of the carrier horns 4, 5.

(22) It is consequently made possible for a brake pad carrier plate 91, which is guided in a radial direction (in the direction z of the axis of rotation of the brake disc) along a side face 47, 57 of an upright of the carrier horn 4, 5 and is not moved precisely but offset radially when inserted radially, abuts the guide contour 44, 54 with an under edge when moved radially in the direction z and is guided along it into its centered position until the brake pad 9 is, as shown in FIG. 3, positioned on a mounting region 33.

(23) The mounting region 33 defines an additional bearing surface of the respective bearing surfaces 31, 32 of those regions of the bridge 3 which adjoin the carrier horns 4, 5 and is provided to prevent displacement of the brake pad 9 past the brake pad shaft too far in the direction of the axis of rotation of the brake disc.

(24) Instead of the guide contours 44, 54 being integrally formed on the side faces of the carrier horns 4, 5, it is however in principle also contemplated to fasten these guide contours 44, 54 on the respective carrier horn as separate, for example plate-like components.

(25) The application-side side faces 42, 52 of the carrier horns 4, 5 furthermore have receiving bores 43, 53 which serve to mount a brake caliper (not shown) in sliding fashion.

(26) As shown in FIGS. 1-5, the guide contours 44, 54 of the carrier horns 4, 5 of a brake pad shaft are formed so that they approach each other toward the bridge 3.

(27) As can be seen particularly well in FIGS. 2-4, the guide contours 44, 54 have two rectilinear regions at an angle to each other.

(28) A first rectilinear region is here oriented at an angle to the push-in direction z and serves to guide the brake pad 9 into its central position between the carrier horns 4, 5.

(29) A second rectilinear region is oriented radially, i.e. in the push-in direction z, so that, after it reaches the mounting region 33, the brake pad 9 can be pushed axially with respect to the axis of rotation of the brake disc in a push-in direction y between the carrier horns 4, 5.

(30) In the alternative embodiment of the brake carrier 1 shown in FIGS. 1-5, projections 45, 55, which serve to radially secure the brake pad 9 with a correspondingly formed brake pad carrier plate 91 with lateral recesses 94, are integrally formed on respective inner sides 41, 51 of the carrier horns 4, 5.

(31) In each case one socket 46, 56 for receiving a respective projection 95 of the brake pad carrier plate 91 is integrally formed below the projections 45, 55 of the carrier horns 4, 5, wherein the guide contours 44, 54 each end at a side edge of the respective socket 46, 56. The height h.sub.2 of the projections 95 here preferably corresponds to the height h.sub.1 of the sockets 46, 56 of the carrier horns 4, 5 such that the brake pad is fixed radially in the sockets 46, 56.

(32) In the alternative embodiments of a brake carrier 100 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the guide contours 144, 154 have the same design as the above described brake carrier 1.

(33) The essential difference of this brake carrier 100 from the brake carrier 1 described above are the rectilinear inner faces 141, 151 of the carrier horns 140, 150 such that, in the case of a brake carrier 100 designed in such a way, in addition to direct insertion of the brake pad 9 between the carrier horns 140, 150, laterally offset pushing-in of the brake pad 9 is also readily possible because the precise central orientation of the brake pad 9 is simplified here too by the guide contours 144, 154 and the mounting region 133 on the bearing surfaces 131, 132 of the bridge 130.

(34) In the alternative embodiment shown here, the brake carrier 100 is also designed such that it overlaps a brake disc (not shown) such that the carrier horns 140, 150 and the bridge 130 form an application-side brake pad shaft and the carrier horns 170, 180 and the bridge 160 form a reaction-side brake pad shaft.

(35) Particularly preferably, only the application-side carrier horns 4, 5, 140, 150 are formed with such guide contours 44, 54, 144, 154 for guiding a brake pad 9 in a push-in position, to the side of the brake pad shaft.

(36) The reaction-side carrier horns 7, 8, 170, 180 are preferably designed without such guide contours. The bearing surfaces 61, 62, 161, 162 of the reaction-side bridges 6, 160 are likewise designed such that their width in the direction of the axis of rotation of the brake disc corresponds to the width of the carrier horns 7, 8, 170, 180.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(37) 1 brake carrier 2 connection region 3 bridge 31 bearing surface 32 bearing surface 33 mounting region 4 carrier horn 41 inner side 42 side face 43 receiving bore 44 guide contour 45 projection 46 socket 5 carrier horn 51 inner side 52 side face 53 receiving bore 54 guide contour 55 projection 56 socket 6 bridge 61 bearing surface 62 bearing surface 7 carrier horn 8 carrier horn 9 brake pad 91 brake pad carrier plate 92 side face 93 side face 94 recess 95 projection 96 under edge 97 bearing surface 98 retaining lug 10 brake pad retaining spring 100 brake carrier 120 connection region 130 bridge 131 bearing surface 132 bearing surface 133 mounting region 140 carrier horn 141 inner side 142 side face 143 receiving bore 144 guide contour 150 carrier horn 151 inner side 152 side face 153 receiving bore 154 guide contour 160 bridge 161 bearing surface 162 bearing surface 170 carrier horn 180 carrier horn h1 height of the projection h2 height of the recess

(38) The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.