Hl Mando Corporation

Mando Corporation

Hatem Shahin

Lothar Wagner

Kai Braun

The application relates to a brake pad assembly for a disk brake system. In addition, the application relates to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly comprises a back plate having a front side for facing a brake disk of the disk brake system and a back side. A friction layer is arranged at the front side of the back plate for contacting a friction surface the brake disk. Further, a shim is arranged on the back side of the back plate. The shim has a front side facing the back plate. Further, an adhesive layer is arranged between the back side of the back plate and the front side of the shim. The shim further comprises a metal layer having a wave-shaped surface on its front side.

Brake pad assembly for a disk brake system and disk brake system

The invention relates to a disk brake system for a vehicle, with single-sided pressure application, comprising a brake disk () comprising a hub portion () and a friction ring (), a friction surface () of the friction ring () extending between an inner circumferential edge () and an outer circumferential edge () of the friction ring (), a housing () with at least one piston (″) for actuating a first brake pad (), the first brake pad () being configured to be pressed against the friction surface () of the friction ring () for braking, the disk brake system being devoid of an opposing brake pad opposite to the first brake pad (). The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising at least one brake system of this type.

Disk brake system with single-sided pressure application

The disclosure concerns a Drum brake assembly () for a motor vehicle, the drum brake assembly () having:

Drum brake assembly with brake liner integrated into brake drum

The application relates to a brake caliper for a disk brake system comprising a caliper bracket, a caliper housing, a first connecting means and a second connecting means, wherein the first connecting means and the second connecting means may each be configured to mount the caliper bracket to the caliper housing or wherein the first connecting means and the second connecting means may each be configured to mount the caliper bracket to an axle assembly, characterized in that a mass of the first connecting means is different from a mass of the second connecting means.

Brake caliper for a disk brake system

The application relates to a brake pad assembly () for a disk brake system and to a disk brake system. The disk brake system has a brake piston () and a caliper finger () movably coupled to the brake piston (). The brake pad assembly () comprises a back plate () having a front side for facing a brake disk () of the disk brake system and a back side (), a friction layer () arranged at the front side of the back plate () for contacting a friction surface of the brake disk (), and a shim () arranged on the back side () of the back plate (). The shim () comprises a back surface () having a top edge () and first and second side edges (). Further, the back surface () of the shim () contains a pressure region () that is configured to be pushed on by the brake piston () or by the caliper finger () upon brake application. The shim () further comprises a plurality of cutouts () for noise reduction. The plurality of cutouts () is arranged at least partly between the pressure region () of the back surface () of the shim () and the top edge () of the back surface () of the shim (). Additionally or alternatively, the plurality of cutouts () is arranged at least partly between the pressure region () of the back surface () of the shim () and at least one of the first side edge () and the second side edge () of the back surface () of the shim ().

The application relates to a brake pad assembly () for a disk brake system and to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly () comprises a back plate () having a front side () for facing a brake disk () of the disk brake system and a friction layer () arranged on the front side () of the back plate () for contacting a friction surface of the brake disk (). The back plate () comprises a guiding protrusion () configured to be slidably received within a guiding recess () of a carrier () of the disk brake system. The brake pad assembly () further comprises a pad spring () configured to be arranged between the guiding protrusion () of the back plate () and the guiding recess () of the carrier (). The pad spring () is attached to the guiding protrusion () of the back plate ().

Brake pad assembly having a pad spring for a disk brake system and disk brake system

The invention relates to a brake pad spring () for at least one brake pad (), in particular for two brake pads, wherein the brake bad spring () comprises, for each of the at least one brake pad (), two opposing walls (), configured for receiving a portion of a backplate () of the respective brake pad () therebetween, and for guiding the respective brake pad () between a non-braking position (A) in which the respective brake pad () is located at a first section (S) of the opposing walls (), and a braking position (B) in which the brake pad () is located at a second section (S) of the opposing walls (). At least a portion of at least one of the two opposing walls () is elastically movable and the two opposing walls (), at least sectionally, have a non-vanishing angle with respect to each other, a distance between the two opposing walls () diminishing from the first section (S) towards the second section (S), in order to create a return spring effect for the respective brake pad (), from the braking position (B) towards the non-braking position (A). The invention also relates to a disk brake system, comprising a brake disk () and a brake pad spring () which is mounted on a carrier ().

Brake pad spring and disk brake system

The application relates to a brake pad assembly () for a disk brake system and to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly () comprises a back plate () having a front side () for facing a brake disk () of the disk brake system and a friction layer () arranged on the front side () of the back plate () for contacting a friction surface of the brake disk (). The back plate () comprises a guiding protrusion () configured to be slidably received within a guiding recess () of a carrier () of the disk brake system. The brake pad assembly () further comprises a shim () configured to be arranged between the guiding protrusion () of the back plate () and the guiding recess () of the carrier (). The shim () comprises a rubber layer () and a stiff layer ().

Brake pad assembly having a shim for a disk brake system and disk brake system

The application relates to a brake pad assembly () for a disk brake system. Further, the application relates to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly () comprises a back plate () having a front side for facing a brake disk () of the disk brake system and a back side (). The brake pad assembly () further comprises a friction layer () arranged at the front side of the back plate () for contacting a friction surface the brake disk (). In addition, the brake pad assembly () comprises a shim (). The shim () comprises a copper layer () for reducing squeal noises. The shim () is arranged on the back side () of the back plate ().

The invention at hand refers to a wheel disc brake assembly comprising a wheel rim, a coupler ring and an annular brake disc arranged in a concentric manner, wherein an outer surface of the coupler ring is connected to an inner surface of the wheel rim and an inner surface of the coupler ring is connected to an outer surface of the annular brake disc. The wheel disc brake assembly further comprises a caliper with at least two brake pads facing each other, wherein the caliper surrounds at least a part of the inner surface of the annular brake disc and the at least two brake pads are configured to press against opposite side faces of the annular brake disc.

Wheel disc brake assembly

The invention relates to a hydraulic brake system for a vehicle, comprising a cylinder () and a piston () movably arranged inside the cylinder (), wherein the piston () has a closed end, an open end () and a piston wall surrounding a cavity () of the piston () between the closed end and the open end (), the piston () being movable along a longitudinal axis () of the cylinder () by hydraulic pressure within the cavity () for pressing at least one brake pad () against a brake disc (). An outer diameter of the piston () is smaller in a central section () between the open end () and the closed end than at the open end () and at the closed end so that, in the central section (), a space () remains between the piston wall and an inner wall of the cylinder ().

Hydraulic brake system

The invention relates to a brake assembly (), comprising: A clamping portion () for exerting a clamping force on the inner brake pad assembly () may protrude out of the brake cylinder () and extend fully or at least partially laterally outward from the brake piston (). Alternatively, a maximum lateral extension of the brake piston () may be equal to or larger than a maximum lateral extension of the pair of outer clamping surfaces (), wherein the inner clamping portion () extends fully or at least partially laterally inward from the brake piston ().

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Hatem Shahin