MULTI-PART BRAKE DRUM

Abstract

A brake drum for utility vehicles configured to mount rotatably about an axis of rotation and including a friction section and a connection section, wherein the friction section includes a friction surface and a plurality of transmission structures, wherein the connection section comprises at least one mounting surface and a plurality of transfer structures, wherein the transfer structures engage positively and/or nonpositively in the respective complementary transmission structures so that a torque about the axis of rotation can be transmitted positively, and wherein the mounting surface serves to fix the brake drum indirectly or directly to a hub.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A brake drum for utility vehicles, configured to mount rotatably about an axis of rotation, comprising: a friction section; and a connection section; wherein the friction section includes a friction surface and a plurality of transmission structures; wherein the connection section includes at least one mounting surface and a plurality of transfer structures; wherein the plurality transfer structures engage positively and/or nonpositively in the respective complementary transmission structures of the plurality of transmission structures so that a torque about the axis of rotation can be transmitted positively; wherein the mounting surface fixes the brake drum indirectly or directly to a hub; and wherein the plurality of transfer structures extend from a stop surface, in the direction of the axis of rotation.

17. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein at least one transmission structure of the plurality of transmission structures is displaceable relative to a respective complementary transfer structure of the plurality of transfer structures in a radial direction.

18. The brake drum according to claim 17, wherein the radial direction is a positive radial direction.

19. The brake drum according to claim 17, wherein the plurality of transfer structures each have at least one gearing area which extends in a radial direction, and wherein the gearing areas are configured to transmit the torque about the axis of rotation to the complementary transmission structure.

20. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein at least one of transfer structures of the plurality of transfer structures in a gearing area has a substantially parallelogram cross-section.

21. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein at least one transmission structure of the plurality of transmission structures includes a recess or by a projection which extends in a radial direction.

22. The brake drum according to claim 21, wherein all of the transmission structures of the plurality of transmission structures includes the recess or the projection.

23. The brake drum according to claim 21, wherein the at least one transmission structure extends from an inner surface, where the inner surface limits the friction section at least in regions towards the axis of rotation.

24. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of transmission structures and/or the plurality of transfer structures are arranged in pairs in a circumferential direction.

25. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the friction section at least in the area closest to the connection section, has an outer surface which outwardly delimits the friction section in the radial direction, and wherein at least one transmission structure of the plurality of transmission structures extends from the outer surface.

26. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the transfer structures engage positively in the respective complementary transmission structures in such a way that a displacement between the friction section and the connection section in the direction of the axis of rotation and/or in the circumferential direction is prevented.

27. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of transfer structures extend in the radial direction, and wherein the plurality of transmission structures extend in the direction of the axis of rotation.

28. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the connection section comprises a plurality of secondary transfer structures which extend in the radial direction, wherein the friction section comprises a plurality of secondary transmission structures, that each engage a complementary secondary transmission structure, so that a torque about the axis of rotation and/or a force in the direction of the positive and/or the negative axis of rotation can be transmitted in a positive manner between the secondary transfer structures and the secondary transmission structures.

29. The brake drum, according to claim 28, wherein at least one transmission structure of the plurality of transmission structures, comprises and/or surrounds, at least one secondary transmission structure of the plurality of secondary transmission structures.

30. The brake drum according to claim 29, wherein all of the transmission structures of the plurality of transmission structures comprises and/or surrounds the at least one secondary transmission structure.

31. The brake drum of claim 29, wherein the at least one transmission structure completely surrounds the at least one secondary transmission structure.

32. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein a ratio between an inner diameter of the connection section and an inner diameter of the friction surface is in a range from 0.5 to 1.1.

33. The brake drum of claim 32, wherein the range is from 0.6 to 0.95.

34. The brake drum of claim 33, wherein the range is from 0.75 to 0.9.

35. The brake drum according to claim 16, wherein the friction section has at least one contact surface, where a normal of the contact surface has a component in a direction of the radial direction, wherein the connection section has an interfacing surface having a normal that is substantially parallel to the normal of the contact surface, wherein the contact surface and the interfacing surface make direct contact in a first operating state wherein the contact surface and the interfacing surface are spaced apart from each other in a second operating state in a direction of the radial direction, and wherein a temperature of the brake drum is smaller in the first operating state than in the second operating state.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Further advantages and features of the present invention result from the following description with reference to the figures. Individual features of the embodiment shown can also be used in other embodiments, unless this has been expressly excluded.

[0026] In the drawings:

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a brake drum according to the invention;

[0028] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a connection section according to the invention;

[0029] FIG. 3A shows a cross-section side elevation view through the brake drum according to the invention;

[0030] FIG. 3B shows an enlarged partially cross-section side elevation view of the brake drum according to the invention;

[0031] FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of the brake drum according to the invention;

[0032] FIG. 5 shows a partial section side elevation view of the brake drum according to the invention; and

[0033] FIGS. 6A and 6B show various embodiments of transmission and transfer structures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a brake drum 1 according to the invention, which has a friction section 10 and a connection section 30. The connecting section 30 is radially outwardly bounded by the boundary surface 39 and the friction section 10 by the outer surface 18. Towards the axis of rotation A (not marked in FIG. 1), the friction section 10 is bounded at least partially by the friction surface 12.

[0035] FIG. 2 shows a connection section 30 according to the invention, which can be used for example in FIG. 1 and/or in FIG. 3 depicted embodiment of the brake drum 1. In the embodiment shown, connection section 30 has a stop surface 38, against which a friction section 10 not shown can be brought into contact, in particular by direct contact. Bracing holes 35 and transfer structures 34 extend from the stop face 38 in the direction of the axis of rotation A (not marked in FIG. 2). The bracing holes 35 are designed to accommodate bracing devices not shown. The transfer structures 34 are arranged in pairs in the circumferential direction U as shown in the embodiment, with a bracing opening 35 arranged between the two pair-forming transfer structures 34. At the end opposite to the stop face 38, the transfer structures 34 each have a gearing area 36 which is designed to transmit the torque about the axis of rotation A, in particular for the most part, to the transmission structures 14 of the friction section 10.

[0036] FIGS. 3A and 3B show a sectional view through an embodiment of a brake drum 1 according to the invention, whereby the design of the transmission structures 14 and the transfer structures 34 are once more shown clarifyingly in the detailed view above. The connection section 30 extends in the direction of the axis of rotation A over the length L.sub.30 and the friction section 10 over the length L.sub.10. The connection section 30 has a stop surface 38 which makes direct contact with a corresponding surface of the friction section 10. The connection section 30 has an internal diameter D.sub.30, through which an axis or shaft not shown can extend. The mounting surface 32 delimits the connection section 30 in the direction of the axis of rotation A opposite friction section 10. The connection section 30 has a boundary surface 39, which delimits the connection section 30 outwards in the radial direction R and the friction section 10 has an outer surface 18, which also delimits the same in the radial direction R, the boundary surface 39 and the outer surface 18 being formed as a common surface. In the inward radial direction R, the friction section 10 is predominantly bounded by the friction surface 12, which has an inner diameter D.sub.12. In addition, the friction section 10 is also bounded radially inwards by the inner surface 16, from which the transmission structure 14 extends in the direction of the radial direction R in the form of a recess. The transfer structure 14 engages in the complementary transfer structure 34, which extends in the direction of the axis of rotation A from the stop surface 38 and has a gearing section 36, which extends in the radial direction R. Not shown in the sectional drawing shown here—the friction section 10 and the connection section 30 each have a plurality of transmission structures 14 and transfer structures 34 in the circumferential direction U.

[0037] FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a brake drum 1 according to the invention, whereby the friction section 10, in addition to the transmission structures 14, which are designed as a gearing in the direction of the axis of rotation A, also has secondary transmission structures 20, which are designed as an essentially parallelogram recess. The connecting section 30 has respective complementary transfer structures 34, which are designed as gearings pointing radially outwards. The transfer structures 34 - in the embodiment shown—each have a bracing opening 35. The secondary transfer structures 40 are designed as projections in the radial direction R, whereby these have an essentially parallelogram cross-section and engage in the secondary transmission structures 20. For fixing to a hub not shown, the connecting section 30 has a mounting surface 32 and mounting openings 33.

[0038] FIG. 5 shows a section of a brake drum 1 according to the invention. In the embodiment shown, a transmission structure 14 is integrally formed on the friction section 10, in which a complementary transfer structure 34 engages. This transfer structure 34 is designed as a fit bolt which connects the friction section 10 with the connection section 30 in a positive and non-positive manner. In the embodiment shown, the friction surface 12 of the friction section 10 can be moved completely past the connection section 30 in the direction of the axis of rotation A. In particular, this makes it possible to replace friction section 10 at a later date without having to disassemble the connection section 30.

[0039] FIGS. 6A and 6B show embodiments of various transmission structures 14 and complementarily designed transfer structures 34, the one embodiment of the transmission structure 14 or the complementarily designed transfer structure 34 having a substantially circular cross-section and the other embodiment of the transmission structure 14 or the complementarily designed transfer structure 34 having a v-shaped cross-section.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0040] 1—brake drum [0041] 10—friction section [0042] 12—friction surface [0043] 14—transmission structure [0044] 16—inner surface [0045] 18—outer surface [0046] 20—secondary transmission structure [0047] 21—contact surface [0048] 30—connection section [0049] 32—mounting surface [0050] 33—mounting opening [0051] 34—transfer structure [0052] 35—bracing opening [0053] 36—gearing area [0054] 38—stop surface [0055] 39—boundary surface [0056] 40—secondary transfer structure [0057] 41—interfacing surface [0058] A—axis of rotation [0059] D.sub.12—inner diameter of the friction surface [0060] D.sub.30—Inner diameter of the connection section [0061] L.sub.10—extension of the friction section in the direction of the axis of rotation [0062] L.sub.30—extension of the connection section in the direction of the axis of rotation [0063] R—radial direction [0064] U—circumferential direction