Brake Dust Particle Filter, Disc Brake Assembly, Use of a Filter, and Method for Filtering Air Laden with Brake Dust
20220397168 · 2022-12-15
Inventors
- Tobias WOERZ (Leutenbach, DE)
- Lukas Bock (Bietigheim, DE)
- Thomas JESSBERGER (Asperg, DE)
- Andreas Klinser (Ludwigsburg, DE)
- Benedikt Weller (Steinheim, DE)
- Volker KUEMMERLING (Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE)
- Coskun EVLEKLI (Waiblingen, DE)
- Soeren Jurgenson (Nordheim, DE)
- Florian Keller (Ludwigsburg, DE)
Cpc classification
F16D55/226
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly with brake disc and brake caliper has a filter housing with opposed first and second side walls, a circumferential wall section extending at least partially circumferentially, and an end wall. The first and second side walls are connected to each other by the circumferential wall section and/or by the end wall. A filter housing interior extends from a side of the filter housing facing the brake caliper along the first and second side walls and the circumferential wall section to the end wall. An air-permeable filter wall arranged in the filter housing interior has a filter wall circumferential section that is radially spaced from the circumferential wall section and divides the filter housing interior into a raw air side and a clean air side. The clean air side extends between filter wall circumferential section and first circumferential wall section.
Claims
1. A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly that comprises a brake disc and a brake caliper, wherein the brake dust particle filter comprises: a filter housing comprising a first side wall, a second side wall positioned opposite the first side wall, a first circumferential wall section that extends at least partially circumferentially, and an end wall; wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are connected to each other by the first circumferential wall section and/or by the end wall; wherein an interior of the filter housing extends from a side of the filter housing that is facing the brake caliper in a mounted state of the brake dust particle filter along the first side wall, the second side wall, and the first circumferential wall section to the end wall; at least one air-permeable filter wall arranged in the interior of the filter housing, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall comprises a filter wall circumferential section, wherein the filter wall circumferential section is radially spaced apart from the first circumferential wall section and divides the interior of the filter housing into a raw air side and a clean air side; wherein the clean air side extends between the filter wall circumferential section and the first circumferential wall section.
2. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall comprises at least one lateral section arranged axially displaced opposite one of the first and second side walls, wherein the clean air side extends between the at least one lateral section and said one of the first and second side walls.
3. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter housing comprises a second circumferential wall section, wherein the first circumferential wall section extends axially away from the first side wall in a direction toward the second side wall, and wherein the second circumferential wall section is aligned with the first circumferential wall section and extends axially away from the second side wall in a direction toward the first side wall.
4. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall comprises a filter medium.
5. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall comprises an air-permeable grid and is covered across an entire surface area thereof with the filter medium.
6. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 5, wherein the air-permeable grid comprises two sides and the filter medium is attached to one and/or to both of the two sides of the grid.
7. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter medium comprises an inherent stiffness.
8. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the first circumferential wall section and/or one of the first side wall and the second side wall comprises at least one opening configured to enable air to exit from the clean air side to an exterior of the filter housing.
9. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 8, wherein the filter housing comprises a protective wall extending from the first side wall or the second side wall and/or from the first circumferential wall section, wherein the protective wall is oriented such that the protective wall diverts the air exiting through the at least opening from the clean air side to the exterior of the filter housing.
10. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 9, wherein the protective wall diverts the air through a labyrinth.
11. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 9, wherein the protective wall is an angled part of the first side wall or the second side wall and/or of the first circumferential wall section.
12. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 8, wherein the at least one opening is oriented downwardly in a state of use of the brake dust particle filter at the disc brake assembly.
13. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter wall circumferential section has a shape of a cylinder wall surface.
14. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first side wall and the second side wall and/or the first circumferential wall section is airtight.
15. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter housing comprises a circumferential wall and the circumferential wall includes the first circumferential wall section, wherein the circumferential wall connects the first side wall and the second side wall to each other, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall is at least partially positioned opposite the circumferential wall, and wherein the clean air side is a chamber delimited by the at least one air-permeable filter wall and the circumferential wall.
16. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter housing comprises a fastening section extending away from the first side wall or the second side wall and arranged opposite the first circumferential wall section, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall is removably held indirectly or directly by the fastening section at the filter housing.
17. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 16, wherein the fastening section comprises a circumferential guide channel and the at least one air-permeable filter wall is removably held by the circumferential guide channel.
18. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 17, wherein the fastening section comprises radially inwardly an inner circumferential wall section extending away from the first side wall or the second side wall in an axial direction toward the interior of the filter housing, wherein the inner circumferential wall section comprises at an end thereof the circumferential guide channel.
19. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 18, wherein the circumferential guide channel is a deformation or a crimping of the inner circumferential wall section.
20. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 1, wherein the filter housing comprises a fastening section comprising a first end section of the first side wall and a second end section of the second side wall, wherein the first and second end sections are arranged opposite the first circumferential wall section, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall is removably held indirectly or directly by the first and second end sections at the filter housing.
21. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 20, wherein the first and second end sections each comprise a circumferential guide channel and the at least one air-permeable filter wall is removably held by the circumferential guide channels.
22. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 21, wherein the first and second end sections each comprise radially inwardly an inner circumferential wall section extending away from the first side wall or the second side wall, respectively, in an axial direction toward the interior of the filter housing, wherein the inner circumferential wall sections each comprise at an end thereof the circumferential guide channel, respectively.
23. The brake dust particle filter according to claim 22, wherein each circumferential guide channel is a deformation or a crimping of the inner circumferential wall section, respectively.
24. A disc brake assembly comprising: a brake disc; a brake caliper arranged at the brake disc; a brake dust particle filter arranged at the brake disc and comprising: a filter housing comprising a first side wall, a second side wall positioned opposite the first side wall, a circumferential wall section that extends at least partially circumferentially, and an end wall; wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are connected to each other by the circumferential wall section and/or by the end wall; wherein an interior of the filter housing extends from a side of the filter housing that is facing the brake caliper along the first side wall, the second side wall, and the circumferential wall section to the end wall; at least one air-permeable filter wall arranged in the interior of the filter housing, wherein the at least one air-permeable filter wall comprises a filter wall circumferential section, wherein the filter wall circumferential section is radially spaced apart from the circumferential wall section and divides the interior of the filter housing into a raw air side and a clean air side; wherein the clean air side extends between the filter wall circumferential section and the circumferential wall section; wherein the filter housing spans across the brake disc in an axial direction of the disc brake assembly.
25. The disc brake assembly according to claim 24, wherein the circumferential wall section or a circumferential wall of the filter housing extends opposite a circumferential edge of the brake disc.
26. The disc brake assembly according to claim 24, wherein the brake disc is an internally ventilated brake disc comprising a brake disc circumferential surface with radial outflow openings configured to provide a radial outflow of air.
27. A method of filtering air laden with brake dust particles at a disc brake assembly, the method comprising: using a brake dust particle filter according to claim 1 at the disc brake assembly.
28. A method for filtering air laden with brake dust particles at a disc brake assembly, comprising a brake disc rotatable in a rotational direction, a brake caliper engaging across the brake disc in a region of a friction surface, at least one brake pad, and a brake dust particle filter comprising a filter housing, the brake dust particle filter arranged downstream in the rotational direction relative to the brake caliper and engaging across the brake disc at a brake disc edge and circumferentially along the brake disc; the method comprising: guiding an air/brake dust particle flow first in a circumferential direction along a friction surface of the brake disc; guiding the air/brake dust particle flow through a filter medium of a filter wall of the brake dust particle filter from a raw air side to a clean air side of the brake dust particle filter; absorbing brake dust particles from the air/brake dust particle flow by the filter medium as the air/brake dust particle flow passes through the filter medium.
29. The method according to claim 28, further comprising providing a defined pressure gradient between the raw air side and the clean air side for guiding the air/brake dust particle flow through the filter medium from the raw air side to the clean air side.
30. The method according to claim 28, further comprising discharging filtered air from the clean air side through an opening in a circumferential wall of the filter housing and/or in a side wall of the filter housing.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0076] In the Figures, same or functionally the same elements, inasmuch as nothing to the contrary is indicated, are provided with the same reference characters.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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[0078] The disc brake assembly 100 comprises a brake disc 2 which is provided with an inner ventilation action in the illustrated embodiment. The brake disc 2 has a radially inwardly positioned fastening plate 2E that comprises fastening openings 2F. In the Figures, only one opening 2F is provided with a reference number, respectively. By means of the fastening plate 2E and the fastening openings 2F, the brake disc 2 is fastened by means of suitable fastening means, for example, wheel bolts, to the wheel suspension so that a rotationally fixed coupling to the vehicle wheel, not illustrated here, or wheel rims is produced. At the circumferentially extending brake disc edge 2D (compare
[0079] In the Figures, a forward rotational direction R opposite to the clockwise direction is indicated. It is referred to in the following as forward rotational direction R. The axis of rotation A can be seen in
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[0081] The brake caliper holder 3 as well as the brake caliper 4 are held by means of a floating support 9 by a brake caliper carrier 6. Due to a floating support 9, an automatic centering of the brake caliper 4 with the brake pads 5 is provided in relation to the brake disc 2 which is positioned between the two caliper arms of the brake caliper 4 or the two brake pads 5. In the illustrated embodiment, the brake caliper 4 in forward direction F is arranged in front of the axis of rotation A. Variants are also conceivable in which the brake caliper 4 is provided behind the axis A.
[0082] Since during the braking event the brake pads 5 push against the friction surfaces 2A, 2B of the brake disc 2, abraded particles are generated at the brake pads 5 and in principle also at the brake disc 2. A portion of these brake dust particles are entrained by the rotation R of the brake disc 2 in circumferential direction CX. Therefore, for catching this brake dust or the brake dust particles, a brake dust particle filter 1 is provided in rotational direction R downstream of the brake caliper 4. Detailed side views and perspective illustrations of the filter housing 10 of the brake dust particle filter 1 are illustrated in
[0083] The filter housing 10 of the brake dust particle filter 1 engages about a region of the brake disc 2 that is substantially ring segment-shaped. For this purpose, the brake dust particle filter 1 comprises a filter housing 10. The filter housing 10 has two oppositely positioned side walls 11A, 11B that are connected to each other by an outer circumferential wall 12 to an approximately U-shaped cross section. In the orientation of
[0084] In radial direction opposite to the circumferential wall 12, inner circumferential edge sections 13A, 13B are provided. The outwardly positioned, radially inwardly positioned, and axially outwardly positioned circumferential edge section is identified by 13A. The radially inwardly positioned and axially inwardly positioned circumferential edge section is identified by 13B.
[0085] The filter housing 10 has an edge relative to the brake caliper 4 with a connection contour 14 so that a gap 15 is provided between the brake caliper 4 and the housing edge or connection contour 14. The housing edge 14 forms a brake caliper-side opening of the filter housing 10. The filter housing 10 extends in circumferential direction CX from the connection contour or an open side 14 of the filter housing 10 to an end wall 16. The end wall 16 connects the outer side wall 11A, the outer circumferential wall 12, and the inner side wall 11B to each other. Between the inner circumferential edge sections 13A, 13B, there is a ring-shaped slot 17 into which the brake disc 2 with its brake disc edge 2D can be inserted. The housing walls 11A, 11B, 12, 13A, 13B, 16 enclose a housing interior 20. The brake disc 2 projects into the housing interior 20, or the filter housing 10 encloses or engages about a ring segment of the brake disc 2. The filter housing 10 or installations in the brake dust particle filter 1 do not contact the brake disc 2.
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[0087] In operation of the disc brake assembly 100 and of the brake dust particle filter 11, an air flow in circumferential direction CX through the filter housing 10 along the axis of rotation R of the brake disc 2 is produced due to the rotation R of the brake disc 2.
[0088] In the interior 20 of the filter housing 10, the particles can deposit along the flow path in the filter housing 10 by adhesion forces at the inner wall or (not illustrated here) can be bound by suitable filter materials.
[0089] The filter housing 10 or the brake dust particle filter 1 is fastened with a suitable fastening means, for example, a screw, at the brake caliper holder 3. One can see fastening means 19 in
[0090] The installation space in the region of the disc brake assembly 100, in particular for a steered front axle of a vehicle, can have an influence on the housing shape of the brake dust particle filter 1. For example, the filter housing 10 has at the axially inner side a recessed region 18 in the direction toward the interior 20 of the filter housing 10 between the end wall 16 and the connection contour 14. Insofar, a changing width of the cross section of the filter housing 10 is provided along the circumferential direction CX.
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[0093] In the interior 120 of the filter housing 101, a filter wall 118 is arranged which extends spaced apart from the individual walls 111A, 111B, 112A, 112B of the filter housing 101. As illustrated in
[0094] The filter wall 118 comprises moreover two lateral sections 118A, 118B which substantially extend radially and perpendicularly away from the filter wall circumferential section 118C. The first lateral section 118A is arranged opposite the first side wall 111A so that a constant axial distance DA is provided between the first side wall 111A and the first lateral section 118A (see
[0095] The filter wall 118 comprises a grid 124 and a filter medium 125 that is glued to an inner side of the grid 124 that is positioned opposite the brake disc 2. The filter medium 125 serves for receiving brake dust particles that are contained in the air that flows about the brake disc 2. The filter wall 118 serves thus for delimiting a raw air side 120A and a clean air side 120B of the interior 120. The clean air side 120B is formed by an open chamber 121 that extends between the filter wall 118 and the housing walls 111A, 111B, 112A, and 112B.
[0096] The distances DA, DB between the filter wall 118 and the housing walls 111A, 111 B, 112A, 112B lead to an advantageous pressure gradient between the raw air side 120A and the clean air side 120B. In this way, the air flow is guided through the filter wall 118 and efficiently filtered. Due to the free-standing filter medium 125 of the filter wall 118, an absolute filter surface area is moreover increased so that filtering the brake dust particles out of the air flow can be furthermore optimized.
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[0099] The filter wall 218 has the property that it can be removed from the filter housing 201 and exchanged.
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[0101] For receiving and holding the filter wall 218, the filter housing 201 comprises a fastening section 222 with a circumferential guide channel 223. The fastening section 222 is formed at a radially inner section of the side walls 211A, 211B by a deformation of the side walls 211A, 211B. The fastening section 222 is thus formed as one piece together with the filter housing 201.
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[0103] The filter wall 218 can be removed from the filter housing 201 and can be replaced by a clean new filter wall 218. This is realized with minimal expenditure because the filter wall 218 can be inserted along the circumferential guide channel 223 into the filter housing 201 and can be held by means of the circumferential guide channel 223 in the interior 220.
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[0106] Even though the invention presently has been described with the aid of preferred embodiments, it is not limited thereto but can be modified in many ways. For example, the filter housing 101′ of
USED REFERENCE CHARACTERS
[0107] 1 brake dust particle filter [0108] 2 brake disc [0109] 2A, 2B brake disc friction surface [0110] 2C outflow opening [0111] 2D brake disc edge [0112] 2E fastening plate [0113] 2F fastening opening [0114] 3 brake caliper holder [0115] 4 brake caliper [0116] 5 brake pad [0117] 6 brake caliper carrier [0118] 8 brake hydraulics [0119] 9 floating support [0120] 10 filter housing [0121] 11A (outer) side wall [0122] 11 B (inner) side wall [0123] 12 (outer) circumferential wall [0124] 13A (inner outwardly positioned) circumferential edge section [0125] 13B (inner inwardly positioned) circumferential edge section [0126] 14 connection contour [0127] 15 gap [0128] 16 end wall [0129] 17 slot [0130] 18 recessed region [0131] 20 interior [0132] 20A raw air side [0133] 20B clean air side [0134] 100 disc brake assembly [0135] 101 filter housing [0136] 101′ filter housing [0137] 111A (outer) side wall [0138] 111A′ (outer) side wall [0139] 111B (inner) side wall [0140] 112A circumferential wall section [0141] 112B circumferential wall section [0142] 116 end wall [0143] 117 slot [0144] 118 filter wall [0145] 118A lateral section [0146] 118B lateral section [0147] 118C filter wall circumferential section [0148] 120 interior [0149] 120A raw air side [0150] 120B clean air side [0151] 121 chamber [0152] 124 grid [0153] 125 filter medium [0154] 130 opening [0155] 131 opening [0156] 132 protective wall [0157] 132A protective wall lateral section [0158] 132B protective wall circumferential section [0159] 201 filter housing [0160] 201′ filter housing [0161] 211A (outer) side wall [0162] 211A′ (outer) side wall [0163] 211B (inner) side wall [0164] 212 (outer) circumferential wall [0165] 216 end wall [0166] 217 slot [0167] 218 filter wall [0168] 218A lateral section [0169] 218B lateral section [0170] 218C filter wall circumferential section [0171] 221 chamber [0172] 222 fastening section [0173] 222A bent section (inner circumferential wall section) [0174] 222B bent section (inner circumferential wall section) [0175] 223 circumferential guide channel [0176] 224 grid [0177] 224A inner grid edge [0178] 225 filter medium [0179] 226 protective wall [0180] 227 opening [0181] A axis of rotation [0182] AX axial extension direction [0183] CX circumferential extension direction [0184] DA distance [0185] DB distance [0186] F forward travel direction [0187] R forward rotational direction [0188] RI inner radius [0189] RO outer radius [0190] RX radial extension direction [0191] W width