BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR A BRAKE CARRIER

Abstract

A bearing assembly for a brake carrier for a utility vehicle, includes a retaining element and a brake support element, wherein the retaining element is fixed to an axle or a chassis component by form fit, substance bonding and/or force fit, wherein the axle extends along an axial direction, wherein the brake support element has a first mounting region, wherein the retaining element has a first retaining region, and wherein the first mounting region is configured to be brought into direct or indirect engagement with the first retaining region such that a displacement along a first transverse direction between the retaining element and brake support element is prevented by form fit.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A bearing assembly for a brake carrier for a utility vehicle, comprising: a retaining element; and a brake support element; wherein the retaining element is fixed to an axle or a chassis component by form fit, substance bonding and/or force fit; wherein the axle extends along an axial direction; wherein the brake support element has a first mounting region; wherein the retaining element has a first retaining region; and wherein the first mounting region is configured to be brought into direct or indirect engagement with the first retaining region; such that a displacement along a first transverse direction between the retaining element and the brake support element is prevented by form fit; wherein the retaining element comprises a second retaining region, and the brake support element comprises a second mounting region; wherein the second retaining region is configured to be brought into form fit engagement with the second mounting region such that a force parallel to a second transverse direction, can be transmitted between the second retaining region and the second mounting region by form fit; wherein the second retaining region forms a second distal end of the retaining element; wherein the second mounting region forms a second distal end of the brake support element; and wherein the second distal ends delimit the retaining element and the brake support element in a first transverse direction.

17. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first retaining region and/or the first mounting region are mirror-symmetrical relative to a plane of symmetry, and wherein the plane of symmetry has a normal in the axial direction.

18. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first retaining region has a first retaining face, wherein the first mounting region has a first mounting face, and wherein the first retaining face and the first mounting face are configured directly to contact each other so that a displacement in the first transverse direction can be prevented by the direct contact of the first retaining face with the first mounting face.

19. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 18, wherein the first retaining region has a second retaining face, wherein the first mounting region has a second mounting face, and wherein the second retaining face is configured to be brought into direct engagement with the second mounting face such that a displacement along a second transverse direction between the retaining element and the brake support element is prevented by form fit.

20. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first retaining region at least partially surrounds the first mounting region in the first transverse direction and/or in the second transverse direction.

21. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 20, wherein the first retaining region at least partially surrounds the first mounting region in the axial direction.

22. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 21, wherein the brake support element has at least one mounting opening and the retaining element has at least one mounting hole, and wherein a mounting opening aligns with a mounting hole and is configured to receive a mount.

23. The bearing assembly of claim 22, wherein the mount includes a clamping yoke.

24. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 22, wherein the at least one mounting opening and the at least one mounting hole extend substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction.

25. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 24, wherein the first retaining region forms a first distal end of the retaining element, wherein the first mounting region forms a first distal end of the braking means support element, and wherein the first distal ends delimit the retaining element and the brake support element in the first transverse direction.

26. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 25, wherein a first stop is arranged on the first mounting region and/or on the first retaining region.

27. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 26, wherein a second stop is arranged on the second mounting region and/or on the second retaining region.

28. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 27, wherein the brake support element comprises at least one fixing region.

29. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 28, wherein the first mounting region and/or the second mounting region comprise a fixing region.

30. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first retaining region has a first retaining face, wherein the first mounting region has a first mounting face, and wherein the first retaining face and the first mounting face are configured directly to contact each other so that a displacement in the first transverse direction can be prevented by the direct contact of the first retaining face with the first mounting face.

31. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 30, wherein the first retaining region has a second retaining face, wherein the first mounting region has a second mounting face, and wherein the second retaining face is configured to be brought into direct engagement with the second mounting face such that a displacement along a second transverse direction between the retaining element and the brake support element is prevented by form fit.

32. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first retaining region at least partially surrounds the first mounting region in the first transverse direction and/or in the second transverse direction.

33. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first retaining region at least partially surrounds the first mounting region in the axial direction.

34. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake support element has at least one mounting opening and the retaining element has at least one mounting hole, and wherein a mounting opening aligns with a mounting hole and is configured to receive a mount.

35. The bearing assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one mounting opening and the at least one mounting hole extend substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Further advantages and features of the present invention arise from the description below with reference to the figures. Individual features of the embodiments depicted may also be used in other embodiments unless this is explicitly excluded. The drawings show:

[0029] FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side elevation view of a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier;

[0030] FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of an extract from an embodiment of a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier;

[0031] FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional, exploded side elevation view of a further embodiment of a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier;

[0032] FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side elevation view of an alternative embodiment of a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier; and

[0033] FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side elevation view of a perspective view of an embodiment of a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier 1, wherein the bearing assembly has a braking means support element 10 and a retaining element 30. To transmit force between these two elements, the braking means support element 10 has a first mounting region 12 and a second mounting region 22, wherein the first mounting region 12 forms a first distal end 24 of the braking means support element 10 in the negative first transverse direction Q1, and the second mounting region 22 forms a second distal end 26 of the braking means support element 10 in the positive first transverse direction Q1. The first mounting region 12 has a first mounting face 14 and a second mounting face 16. The first mounting face 14 is oriented parallel to the first retaining face 34 of the first retaining region 32, wherein the first retaining region 32 forms a first distal end 44 of the retaining element 30, and the second retaining region 42 forms a second distal end 46 of the retaining element 30. These distal ends here edge the retaining element 30 in the positive and negative first transverse direction Q1. The second retaining face 36 is here oriented parallel to the second mounting face 16. In its middle portion in the first transverse direction Q1, the retaining element 30 surrounds the axle 50 on which the bearing assembly is fixed. The second retaining region 42 here has a second stop 4. In order to receive a brake carrier, the braking means support element 10 has two fixing regions 28, wherein these are formed or arranged respectively in the first mounting region 12 and in the second mounting region 22.

[0035] FIG. 2 shows an extract from an embodiment of the bearing assembly for a brake carrier 1, wherein the extract depicted could be used in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, it is notable that the first mounting region 12 is designed so that two protrusions 29 surround the first retaining region 32 so that, inter alia, they secure the latter against a displacement in the positive and negative second transverse direction Q2 and also in the positive and negative axial direction A, both by form fit. Displacement in the positive transverse direction Q2 is prevented by the contact of the second mounting face 16 with the second retaining face 36, and in the negative second transverse direction by the contact of the third mounting face 18 with the third retaining face 38.

[0036] FIG. 3 shows an exploded drawing of a bearing assembly for a brake carrier 1, wherein this exploded drawing shows the braking means support element 10 shortly before mounting to the retaining element 30. For assembly, the braking means support element 10 has two mounting openings 20 which each align with a mounting hole 40 of the first retaining element 30. In the embodiment shown, the first mounting region 12 is formed as a keyway which can be brought into engagement with the first retaining region 32 as a key, wherein the first mounting face 14 is oriented such that, by the first retaining face 34, this prevents displacement in the first transverse direction 01 by form fit.

[0037] FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of a bearing assembly for a brake carrier 1, wherein the braking means support element 10 is clamped to the retaining element 30 via the mounting means 60 in the form of a clamping yoke. In the embodiment shown, it should be emphasized that the first mounting region 12which is arranged at the first distal end 24 of the braking means support element 10has a first stop 2 forming an end face in the axial direction A which can function as a form-fit stop face. The first mounting face 14 here adjoins the second mounting face 16 and the third mounting face 18 at right angles. The first retaining region 32 has a first retaining face 34 for contact with the first mounting face 14, a second retaining face 36 for contact with the second mounting face 16, and a third retaining face 38 for contact with the third mounting face 18, wherein these faces may each be oriented parallel to the respective other contact faces. To secure a brake carrier, the braking means support element 10 has two fixing regions 28 which each have an opening in the axial direction A.

[0038] FIG. 5 shows a bearing assembly according to the invention for a brake carrier, wherein the first mounting region 12 of the braking means support element 10 surrounds the first retaining region 32 of the retaining element 30, in particular by two protrusions 29 which extend in the first transverse direction Q1, such that at least a relative displacement in the positive and negative second transverse direction Q2 and in the positive and negative axial direction A is prevented by form fit. The mounting means 60, which extends in the second transverse direction Q2, here serves to fix or clamp the second mounting region 22 relative to the second retaining region 42.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0039] 1Bearing assembly for a brake carrier [0040] 2First stop [0041] 4Second stop [0042] 10Braking means support element [0043] 12First mounting region [0044] 14First mounting face [0045] 16Second mounting face [0046] 18Third mounting face [0047] 20Mounting opening [0048] 22Second mounting region [0049] 24First distal end of braking means support element [0050] 26Second distal end of braking means support element [0051] 28Fixing region [0052] 29Protrusion [0053] 30Retaining element [0054] 32First retaining region [0055] 34First retaining face [0056] 36Second retaining face [0057] 38Third retaining face [0058] 40Mounting hole [0059] 42Second retaining region [0060] 44First distal end of retaining element [0061] 46Second distal end of retaining element [0062] 50Axle [0063] 60Mounting means [0064] AAxial direction [0065] Q1First transverse direction [0066] Q2Second transverse direction