Lucas Varity Gmbh

Trw Systemes De Freinage S.a.s.

Eric Huguet

Michael F Walden

René Straub

Christoph Walden

Jean Jacques Maiwurm

Joachim Kremer

Magda Wojcik

Berthold Klump

René Goebel

Karl Ehl

Rainer Lewenz

A brake caliper formed without machining for a spot-type disc brake, in which the brake caliper after subsequent machining forms a floating caliper, has a braking force generator () and an opposite-lying abutment (). For the non-machining forming of the brake caliper () two mould parts () each partially receiving the brake caliper () are used, in which support surfaces (Q, Q, Q, Q, Q) and action surfaces (S, S, S, S) are formed on the brake caliper () in such a way that the brake caliper () for the subsequent machining is supportable by its support surfaces (Q, Q, Q, Q, Q) in a defined manner and clampable by means of clamping forces acting upon its action surfaces (S, S, S, S). To keep the extent of the subsequent machining to a minimum, during the non-machining forming the abutment () and the support surfaces (Q, Q, Q, Q, Q) of the brake caliper () are formed in one and the same mould part ().

Method of effecting the non-machining forming of a brake caliper as well as a brake caliper formed without machining

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Croissy Beaubourg, France

Eric Huguet