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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Wabco Europe Bvba, Brussels, BE;
Wolfgang Falter, Heidelberg, DE;
Oliver Friebus, Heidelberg, DE;
Hellmut Jäger, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hans-Christian Jungmann, Gorxheimertal, DE;
WABCO Europe BVBA, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A caliper disc brake of a vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle, a brake disc, a brake caliper, a brake support plate, a force transmission element, such as, for example, a pad support and/or a pressure plate, which is guided and supported in a well of the brake caliper or of the brake anchor plate, a holding-down spring () for holding down the force transmission element, and a holding-down device (). The holding-down device is held by a holding device, pretensions the holding-down spring radially against the force transmission element and pretensions the holding-down spring tangentially in the direction of rotation against the force transmission element during forwards travel. The holding-down spring has two identical spring legs that enclose an angle of more than 95° with the base in the relaxed state and an angle of less than 85° with the respectively adjacent spring leg.