Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited

Sean Cleary

Martin Pors Taylor

Refaat Malki

Dietmar Knoop

Alex Szafnauer

Matthew McGinn

Paul Anthony Thomas

Mark Anthony Norman

Sanjeev Kulkarni

Neel Shah

Dave Hubbard

Vadiraj Pavaman

Tim Smith

Paul Roberts

Paul Antony Thomas

Anthony John Williams

Neil Williams

Norman Breakwell

Mathew Morris

Hywel Woodward

Paul Thomas

Timothy Smith

Simon Duggan

Neil Sharratt

Paul A Thomas

Rhys Watkins

Daniel Jenkins

Sanjeev Kulkami

Normal Breakwell

A brake assembly including a caliper that has a first guide bore, a brake carrier arranged to receive a brake pad, a first guide pin secured to the brake carrier, and a first lock arrangement. The first lock arrangement is operable to selectively inhibit relative sliding between the caliper and the brake carrier.

Brake assembly

A disc brake assembly that includes first and second brake pads for contacting a rotor, a brake carrier for receiving at least the first brake pad, a brake caliper arranged to slide with respect to the brake carrier, and an actuating arrangement. The actuating arrangement is configured to selectively move the brake caliper and is electrically operated.

Disc brake

A brake assembly having a brake carrier, a caliper, first and second brake pads, a pad retraction spring, and a first stop surface. The pad retraction spring urges the first and second brake pads in a direction away from a rotor plane. A first supporting portion of the pad retraction spring is configured to abut the first stop surface to inhibit the pad retraction spring from entering a partially enclosed volume.

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.

A caliper guide assembly and a method of manufacture. The guide assembly may include a guide pin, a guide bore arranged to receive the guide pin and permit relative axial sliding thereof, a bush arranged to define at least part of the guide bore, and a sensor arrangement configured to provide an output indicative of a state of wear of the bush.

Guide assembly for a disc brake

A caliper guide assembly having a guide pin, a guide bore, a cap, and a sensor arrangement. The guide bore is arranged to receive the guide pin. The cap may be secured to an open end of the guide bore proximate a free end of the guide pin. The sensor arrangement may include a first sensor component that is configured to provide an output indicative of relative axial displacement between a first sensor component and a second sensor component.

Caliper guide assembly

A caliper guide assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The caliper guide assembly may include a wear sensor arranged to detect the position of a guide pin in relation to a guide bore. The guide pin and a guide surface may have different cross sectional profiles to define at least one void therebetween. The wear sensor may be at least partially accommodated within the void.

An adjuster mechanism for a disc brake. The adjuster mechanism may include an outer piston and an inner piston. The outer piston may define a bore having a female thread, a non-threaded region, and a transition region. The non-threaded region may have a greater diameter than a minor diameter of the female thread. The minor diameter of the female thread in the transition region may progressively increase until it meets a major diameter of the female thread.

Adjuster mechanism

A brake pad, a disc brake, and a method of fitting a brake pad. At least one of a first brake pad and a second brake pad and corresponding support structures may have complementary profiles on circumferential faces thereof arranged so as to permit the brake pad to be inserted into a corresponding support structure in a transverse direction of the brake pad and at an angle to a circumferential direction of the support structure.

A disc brake having a piston and a wear adjustment mechanism. The piston has a hollow rotatable portion. The wear adjustment mechanism may include a friction clutch having one or more input plates and one or more output plates arranged in a face-contacting relationship. The output plate(s) may be located within the rotatable portion and may directly drivingly engage the rotatable portion.

A disc brake and an adjuster system for a disc brake. The adjuster system may include a piston, a chamber, and a wear adjustment mechanism. The wear adjustment mechanism may be located within the chamber. The chamber may contain lubricant for lubrication of at least part of the wear adjustment mechanism.

An adjuster assembly for manually adjusting the position of a brake pad relative to a brake rotor of a disc brake, the assembly comprising: a continuous wear sensor; and a manual rewind apparatus to manually reset the position of the brake pad when replacement thereof is required; the manual rewind apparatus comprising a shaft arranged to extend into a housing of the disc brake; wherein the continuous wear sensor is arranged to be located within the housing of the disc brake and is located proximate to the shaft.

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Gwent, United Kingdom

Sean Cleary