Brake with two discs of fixed spacing

• US 4,993,519 A
• Filed: 10/17/1989
• Issued: 02/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bendix France
• Original Assignee: Bendix France
• Inventors: Thioux, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): HALVOSA, GEORGE
• Application Number:
  US07/422,855
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 188/71.3, 188/71.5, 188/73.31, 188/73.34, 188/73.45, 188/73.39, 192/70
• US Class Current: 188/71.3
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2055/0008 Brake supports
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2055/0041 Resilient elements interposed directly between the actuating member and the brake support, e.g. anti-rattle springs
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2055/0091 Plural actuators arranged side by side on the same side of the rotor
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/2265 the axial movement being guided by one or more pins engaging bores in the brake support or the brake housing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disc brake for a motor vehicle, comprising an inner (12) and an outer (14) disc, fastened one to the other and with a fixed spacing (D), an outer pair and an inner pair of friction elements for coming into frictional engagement with the opposite faces of the two discs, and support (16) and control (42, 42'"'"') members intended for laying the friction elements against their respective disc, the brake comprising a supporting yoke (16) extending both on the inside of the inner disc (12), in the gap (D) between the two discs, and on the outside of the outer disc (14), an inner caliper, interacting with the inner pair (40i, 40e) of friction elements, and an outer caliper, interacting with the outer pair (40'"'"'i, 40'"'"'e) of friction elements, the two calipers (42, 42'"'"') being mounted slidably in the supporting yoke (16). The inner caliper (42) comprises a body (44) in the form of an upturned U, the base (46) of which straddles the inner disc (12) and has an outer wing (48) descending into the gap (D) between the two disc (12, 14) and coming into contact with fraction element (40e) and an inner wing descending on the inner side of the inner disc (12), forming a cylinder (52), receiving a piston (54) in contact with friction element (40i). The outer caliper (42'"'"') comprises a body (44'"'"') in the form of an upturned U, the base (46'"'"') of which straddles the two discs (12, 14) and has an outer wing (48'"'"') descending on the outside of the outer disc (14) and comes into contact with friction elements (40'"'"'e) and an inner wing (50'"'"') descending on the inside of the inner disc (12), forming a cylinder (52'"'"') receiving a piston (54'"'"'), and the caliper (42'"'"') having a spacer (74) in the form of an upturned U, the base (26) of which straddles the inner disc (12) in a radial gap (I) separating the periphery of the inner disc (12) and the base (46'"'"') of the caliper and having an inner wing descending on the inner side of the inner disc (12) in order to come into contact with the piston (54'"'"'), and a outer wing descending in the gap (D) between the two discs in order to come into contact with friction element (40'"'"'i).

Claims

1. A disc brake for a motor vehicle, comprising a pair of rotary discs, respectively an inner and an outer, fastened one to the other and with a fixed spacing, two pairs of friction elements, an outer pair and an inner pair respectively intended for coming into frictional engagement with opposite faces of the two discs, outer and the inner respectively, and support and control members intended for laying the friction elements of the two pairs against their respective discs and for absorbing the resulting braking torque, the brake comprising a supporting yoke extending both inside of the inner disc, in a gap between the two discs, and outside of the outer disc, a first clamping caliper, called an inner caliper, interacting with the inner pair of friction elements, and a second clamping caliper, called an outer caliper, interacting with the outer pair of friction elements, the two calipers being mounted slidably in the supporting yoke, the inner caliper comprising a body in the form of an upturned U, a base of which straddles the inner disc and has an outer wing descending into the gap between the two discs and coming into contact with an external friction element of the pair of inner friction elements, and an inner wing descending on the inner side of the inner disc, forming a cylinder, receiving a piston in contact with an internal friction element of the pair of inner friction elements, and the outer caliper comprising a body in the form of an upturned U, a base of which straddles the two discs and has an outer wing descending outside of the outer disc and coming into contact with an outer friction element of the pair of external friction elements, and an inner wing descending inside of the inner disc, forming a cylinder receiving a piston, and the caliper having a spacer in the form of an upturned U, a base of which straddles the inner disc in a radial gap separating the periphery of the inner disc and the base of the caliper and having an inner wing descending on the inner side of the inner disc in order to come into contact with the piston, and an outer wing descending in the gap between the two discs in order to come into contact with the internal friction element of the pair of outer friction elements.

2. The disc brake according to claim 1, wherein a receptacle of a form complementary to that of a friction element of the pair of outer friction elements is made on the outer wing of the spacer.

3. The disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the two calipers are mounted slidably relative to the yoke by means of an assembly with columns carried by the yoke and with bushes carried by the two calipers respectively.

4. The disc brake according to claim 3, wherein the yoke has two pairs of lugs, through each of which passes a bore perpendicular relative to the plane of the discs, and wherein the calipers each have a lateral projection equipped with one of a bore and a notch aligned with the bores of the lugs.

5. The disc brake according to claim 4, wherein a locking rod is engaged in the bores of the lugs of the yoke and in one of the bores and notches of the calipers.

6. The disc brake according to claim 5, wherein a spring is held by the locking rods, bears on the central bridge of the yoke and stresses the ends of the calipers opposite the columns towards the axis of the discs.

7. The disc brake according to claim 6, wherein the yoke has orifices for receiving the friction elements, respectively two orifices for receiving the friction elements of the inner disc and formed opposite one another in an inner part and in an intermediate part of the yoke between second and third bridges, and two orifices for receiving the friction elements of the outer disc and formed opposite one another in an intermediate part and in an outer part of the yoke between first and second bridges.

8. The disc brake according to claim 1, wherein the yoke is in one piece and comprises:

a substantially planar inner part extending on the inside of the inner disc,

three bridges extending from the inner part and straddling the discs, in succession a first bridge, called the left, straddling the two discs, a second bridge, called the central, likewise straddling the two discs, and a third bridge, called the right, straddling the inner disc,

a substantially planar intermediate part extending from the three bridges and descending in the gap separating the two discs,

a substantially planar outer part extending from the first two bridges and descending on the outside of the outer disc.

9. The disc brake according to claim 8, wherein a spring is held by locking rods, bears on the central bridge of the yoke and stresses the ends of the calipers opposite columns and towards an axis of the discs.

10. The disc brake according to claim 9, wherein the yoke has orifices for receiving the friction elements, respectively two orifices for receiving the friction elements of the inner disc and formed opposite one another in the inner part and in the intermediate part of the yoke between the second and third bridges, and two orifices for receiving the friction elements of the outer disc and formed opposite one another in the intermediate part and in the outer part of the yoke between the first and second bridges.