Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC

Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Robert Tekesky

Johann Baumgartner

Wolfgang Pahle

Richard Lee Lantz, Jr

Tobias Fischl

Manfred Schoenauer

Andreas Petschke

Markus Bartel

Markus Bohmann

Josef Schropp

A disc brake for a vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, is provided. The disc brake includes at least one application-side brake pad and a back-side brake pad held in a form-fitting manner in a brake carrier. At least the application-side brake pad is provided with at least one pad-retaining spring which is supported at least on one brake carrier horn of the brake carrier and exerts a radially outwardly acting tensile force on the brake pad.

Disc brake and set of brake pads

A disc brake for a vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake carrier which receives at least two brake pads in respective clamping side and rear side pad slots, with the at least one brake pad on the clamping side being held in its pad slot in a form-fitting manner. The at least one brake pad on the clamping side is provided with at least one pad retaining spring which is supported at least on a brake carrier horn of the pad slot of the brake carrier. The at least one clamping spring exerts a tensile force acting radially outward on the brake pad. A brake pad set for the disc brake is also provided.

Disc brake and brake pad set

A system and method are provided for mounting, removing and retaining brake pads in disc brakes, such as air-operated disc brakes utilized on commercial vehicles. A preferred embodiment includes a brake pad carrier having features to fixedly receive spring retaining elements, such as bushings, which in turn retain spring elements, such as spring clips, having features that cooperate with corresponding brake pad surfaces to resist radially-outward motion of the brake pad.

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Elyria, OH, United States of America

Robert Tekesky