Brake disc fastenable to a wheel hub

• US 20060272907A1
• Filed: 04/06/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fur Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH (Estate of Heinz Hermann Thiele)
• Original Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fur Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH (Estate of Heinz Hermann Thiele)
• Inventors: Gruber, Markus, Macke, Wlodzimierz, Lipp, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/398,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20060272907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 188/218.XL
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2065/1348 resilient
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2065/1352 articulated
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/12 Discs; Drums for disc brakes

Abstract

A brake disc for a disc brake is provided, which can be fixed to a wheel hub, especially of a utility vehicle. The brake disc includes two concentric friction rings and a brake disc neck that is connected thereto and is joined to the wheel hub. The disc brake is embodied such that the brake disc neck is fastened to the wheel hub by way of a joining piece, which is connected in a fixed manner to the brake disc neck and be elastically deformed relative to the friction rings in an axial direction.

Claims

1. A brake disc for a disc brake, the brake disc being fastenable to a wheel hub, the brake disc comprising:

two concentric friction rings;

a brake disc neck operatively connected to the two concentric friction rings;

a connecting part fixedly attached to the brake disc neck, the connecting part fastening the brake disc neck to the wheel hub; and

wherein the connecting part is elastically deformable axially relative to the two friction rings.

2. The brake disc according to claim 1, wherein the connecting part comprises an annular spring element.

3. The brake disc according to claim 2, further comprising a second spring element fastened to the brake disc neck in parallel with, and spaced apart from, the annular spring element.

4. The brake disc according to claim 2, further comprising a further spring element arranged in an interior space formed by the brake disc neck.

5. The brake disc according to claim 4, wherein the further spring element is arranged approximately in a plane of the two friction rings and transversely with respect to a central axis of the brake disc.

6. The brake disc according to claim 2, wherein the annular spring element includes corrugations forming folds in order to reduce an axial deformation resistance.

7. The brake disc according to claim 3, wherein the second spring element includes corrugations forming folds in order to reduce an axial deformation resistance.

8. The brake disc according to claim 4, wherein the further spring element includes corrugations forming folds in order to reduce an axial deformation resistance.

9. The brake disc according to claim 6, wherein the folds are concentrically distributed over a base face of the annular spring element.

10. The brake disc according to claim 7, wherein the folds are concentrically distributed over a base face of the second spring element.

11. The brake disc according to claim 8, wherein the folds are concentrically distributed over a base face of the further spring element.

12. The brake disc according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the spring elements is provided with recesses, which recesses are concentrically and uniformly distributed over a base face of the spring elements to reduce an axial deformation resistance.

13. The brake disc according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the spring elements is provided with recesses, which recesses are concentrically and uniformly distributed over a base face of the spring elements to reduce axial deformation resistance.

14. The brake disc according to claim 12, wherein one of the spring elements is provided with the recesses and another of the spring elements is provided with folds.

15. The brake disc according to claim 13, wherein one of the spring elements is provided with the recesses and another of the spring elements is provided with folds.

16. The brake disc according to claim 3, wherein at least one spring element is fastened by way of tongues to the brake disc neck.

17. The brake disc according to claim 16, wherein the tongues extend in a radial direction and are equally spaced apart with respect to one another.

18. The brake disc according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the spring elements is fastened in a positive, non-positive, or cohesive manner to the brake disc neck.

19. A brake disc for a disc brake, the brake disc being fastenable to a wheel hub or wheel axle of a commercial vehicle, the brake disc comprising:

two concentric friction rings;

a connecting part operatively fastened to the two friction rings, the connecting part connecting the two friction rings with the wheel hub or wheel axle;

wherein the connecting part comprises at least two spring elements which are arranged in parallel and spaced apart from one another, the at least two spring elements being elastically deformed axially relative to the two friction rings.

20. The brake disc according to claim 19, wherein at least one spring element comprises one of folds and recesses in order to reduce axial deformation resistance.