Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited

Lucas Industries Limited

Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems (uk) Limited

Meritor Heavy Braking Systems (uk) Limited

Paul Antony Thomas

Paul Roberts

Anthony John Williams

Denis John McCann

Carl Edward Heinlein

Adrian Bull

Andre Luciano D'Andrea Mathias

Martin Pors Taylor

Sean Cleary

Shan Shih

Marco Bassi

Refaat Malki

Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson

Alex Szafnauer

Corrado Conti

Tim Smith

Jonathon Leslie Christopher Jackson

Roberto Conti

Simon Fisher

Gary Ganaway

Don Hobday

Paul Hadley

Martin Roche

Alessandro Mortali

Michael Wright

A disc brake assembly having brake pads, a brake carrier, a caliper, and an actuating arrangement. The caliper is slidable with respect to the brake carrier for clamping and release of a rotor by the brake pads. The actuating arrangement is configured to selectively move the caliper and the brake carrier relative to each other generally transverse to a first longitudinal axis so as to lock or inhibit sliding of the caliper relative to the carrier.

Brake assembly

A brake carrier casting and a method of making a brake carrier casting. The brake carrier casting may have a first side portion and a second side portion that may be connected by a first bridge and a second bridge. The first side portion, second side portion, first bridge, and second bridge may define an opening of the brake carrier casting.

Brake carrier casting and a method of making a brake carrier casting

A disc brake having an actuation mechanism, a disc brake rotor, first and second brake pad mounting structures, and first and second brake pads. The first and second mounting structures may have formations that affect fitting of the first and second pads.

Disc brake

A guide assembly for a disc brake, the guide assembly comprising a bore disposed in a disc brake caliper for receiving a guide pin. The bore comprises a first bore portion with a substantially circular cross-sectional profile and a second bore portion with a substantially circular cross-sectional profile arranged sequentially along the length of the bore and tangentially offset such that the bore is defined by the overlap of the first bore portion and second bore portion and has a lens-shaped cross-sectional profile.

Guide assembly for a disc brake

A brake carrier for a heavy vehicle disc brake includes an actuating side carrier portion including a support for an actuating side brake pad having a first material having a first property. The brake carrier also includes a separate reaction side carrier portion having a support for a reaction side brake pad for securement to the actuating side carrier portion. The actuating side carrier portion includes a first material having a first property, and the reaction side carrier portion includes a second material having a second property, wherein the second property differs from the first property.

Brake carrier

The present invention provides a disc brake caliper. The disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston for moving a friction element into contact with a rotor. A yoke is provided for at least partially guiding the piston, and the yoke is positioned within the housing and moveable relative to the housing. A guide member along which the yoke is slideable is provided, and the guide member is a component separate to the yoke and the housing, and is mounted to the housing.

Disc brake caliper

A brake caliper has a brake pad having a backplate with a friction material attached to one side and a loading face on an opposite side. The caliper further includes a piston that applies a force to the loading face. The brake pad is releasably attached to the piston, thereby eliminating a separate brake pad retaining structure in the caliper.

Brake caliper

A caliper for a fixed twin rotor disc brake includes a relatively fixed body, two yokes movable axially with respect to the body, formations defined on the yokes for receiving four brake pads for respective application to rotor sides, and an actuator adapted to urge the yokes relatively axially. One of the yokes is operable to urge two of the four brake pads in a first axial direction, the other of the yokes is operable to urge the other two of the four brake pads in a second, opposite axial direction. The four brake pads are positioned on a first side of the actuator in the first axial direction.

Twin rotor disc brake

A disc brake assembly includes a brake pad, a pad retainer, a brake caliper, and a pad spring. The pad retainer has a planar region situated at a first radius that engages a planar region of the pad spring to restrain radial movement of the brake pad. The pad retainer is secured to an outboard side of the caliper at a second radius and has a crook adjacent to the planar region to allow the second radius to be less than the first radius. The pad spring has a rounded edge adjacent to the crook.

Disc brake assembly

A seal device for use in sealing between parts of a thrust assembly of a disc brake has a support element () adapted to be carried by a first part () of the thrust assembly, the support element () carrying a seal () arranged so that, with the support element () in its position of use on the first part (), the seal () engages a surface of a second part () of the thrust assembly in sealing relationship. Also disclosed is a thrust assembly for a disc brake and a disc brake incorporating such an assembly.

Disc brake seal assembly

The present specification describes an actuating lever ( ) for a disc brake ( ), having a cam section ( ) with a part cylindrical curved surface ( ) and a part cylindrical channel ( ) with an elongate cylindrical force transmitting member ( ) located therein and being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said part cylindrical surface ( ), and having opposite end regions which are located in recesses ( ) formed in the lever ( ) at opposite ends of the said channel ( ) to thus retain the force transmitting member ( ) in position on the lever ( ). The cam section ( ) engages a mating curved support surface ( ) on a cover plate ( ) and is pivotal about said support surface ( ), the lever ( ) and cover plate ( ) forming a modular assembly for a disc brake, the cover plate ( ) being, in use, secured to a clamp member ( ) of a disc brake ( ), the force transmitting member ( ) then engaging a tappet ( ) which can exert force on a friction pad ( ) when the lever ( ) is pivoted about the support surface ( ).

Modular disc brake and actuator level therefor

A first screw body (,) is rotatively mounted around a screwing axis (C; C&prime;, C&Prime;), that extends parallel to the axis (A) of the brake disk (,) in a housing axially arranged next to the brake disk (,) in the mounted position. A second screw body (,) is secured against rotation and linked to the first screw body (,) by a readjustment threaded coupling (,), so that both screw bodies (,) form together a longitudinally adjustable tappet for exercising an actuating force on a brake shoe (,). A rotary body (,) can be rotated around its own axis of rotation (B) by means of an actuating member (,) in order to axially displace the tappet The axis of rotation (B) is at least approximately parallel to the brake disk. Linking gears arranged between the rotary body (,) and the first screw body (,) have a right-angle gear a drive and a coupling device (,) which transmit a limited torque for readjusting said brake shoe.

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Gwent, United Kingdom

Paul Antony Thomas