Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Manfred Reuter

Hans-Dieter Leidecker

Winfried Gerhardt

Rolf Weiler

Jürgen Balz

Ralph Petri

Norman Langer

Thomas Kirschner

J&uuml;rgen Musolf

Sebastian Satzmann

Dirk Eser

Klaus Bernhard

Klaus-Peter Walter

Holger Carota

Volker Bartsch

A spot-type disc brake with a housing comprising a housing bridge, with at least one housing leg having an actuating assembly comprising an actuator unit and a component movable along an axis of movement. At least one brake shoe is arranged at the component and is slidably supported on at least one support. The brake shoe is braced with the support against an abutment surface by means of a hold-down spring. The abutment surface of the hold-down spring is arranged non-parallel to the axis of movement. Thereby, not only a radial preloading force Fis produced, but also a force component Fnormal thereto, which assists the retracting movement of the brake shoe from the brake disc, thus improving the clearance behavior.

Partially lined disk brake

The present invention discloses a brake lining which, in order to reduce and eliminate noises, has a sliding metal sheet in addition to the classical lining parts such as friction lining, lining support plate and damping plate. Further, the damping plate has bores which are filled with grease. The purpose of the grease is, primarily, to lubricate the surface directed to the sliding metal sheet and the damping plate so that both surfaces can slide on each other without friction.

Brake lining for a partial lining disk brake

It is frequently important for the piston of a hydraulic piston-and-cylinder assembly, in particular the brake piston of a disc brake, which is slidably arranged within a cylinder bore to ensure a true-to-size mounting position of the piston inside the cylinder bore. Especially in the case of brake pistons of a disc brake, this determines the efficiency of provisions on the brake piston for reducing the occurrence of brake noises. According to the present invention, a key-type accommodation is provided on the piston which permits engagement by a matingly configured mounting means or mounting tool and, thus, renders possible the defined positioning of the piston within a cylinder bore.

Piston for a hydraulic piston cylinder unit

A fixed caliper brake wherein, the material rigidity is reduced at appropriate locations on the brake housing and of the brake linings in order to create partial systems at the brake which can vibrate in a damped manner. With respect to weight, these steps are undertaken extensively in a neutral manner and they reduce the vibrations of the entire brake assembly resulting in a reduction in braking noises.

Fixed-yoke brake with appropriate brake pads

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Weilmünster, Germany

Manfred Reuter