Calliper body for disc brake
First Claim
1. Calliper body for disk brake suitable for being positioned astride a disc brake, wherein the disk brake includes a disk having two braking surfaces and defines a rotation axis as well as an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis, an orthogonal radial direction and a circumferential direction orthogonal to the axial direction, said calliper body having two elongated bodies suitable for being positioned on opposite sides of the disk and facing said braking surfaces, each of said elongated bodies comprising a thrust seat for housing thrust means suitable for pressing a pad, against one of the braking surfaces, each of the thrust seats having a rim of a substantially complementary shape to the shape of a pad rim of the pad, each elongated body having a radially outer portion;
- wherein said rim of the thrust seat comprises an upper boundary which separates the thrust seat from the radially outer portion;
said calliper body having a connection bridge which connects the elongated bodies,said calliper body comprising at least one reinforcement element which connects said radially outer portion to said connection bridge,said radially outer portion and said at least one reinforcement element defining a through radial aperture having a maximum length in a circumferential direction and a maximum width in an axial direction, wherein;
the at least one reinforcement element is radially external to the upper boundary; and
the at least one reinforcement element comprises a reinforcement wall having a radial thickness less than the radial thickness of said connection bridge.
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Accused Products
Abstract
Calliper body (4) for disk brake having two elongated elements (5 and 6) on opposite sides of the disk and suitable for supporting and pressing pads (13 and 14) against the disk (2), each of said ‘elongated bodies (5 and 6) comprising an exit portion (97) of thrust means suitable for facing one of said pads (13, 14), each of said exit portions (97) having a boundary (96) delimited on the opposite side to the rotation axis (9) by an upper boundary (98) which borders a radially outer portion (21, 22) of the elongated body, said calliper body (4) having at least one connection bridge (3) with an inner bridge side (30, 31) facing towards the calliper body, said radially outer portion being divisible, along its direct tangential extension parallel to the circumferential direction, into three substantially equal sections (23, 24, 25 or 26, 27, 28), of which two lateral sections (23 and 25 or 26 and 28) and one interposed central section (24, 27), wherein said calliper body (4) comprises at least one reinforcement element (41, 42, 43, 44) suitable for firmly connecting one said inner bridge side (30, 31) to one said central section (24, 27) of the adjacent radially outer portion (21, 22), said at least one reinforcement element at least partially surmounting said upper boundary (98) and said pads (13 and 14); and wherein the crossing of the projection in a direction parallel to the axial direction (9) of the central section (24, 27) of the radially outer portion (21, 22), with the projection in a circumferential direction of the central section (33, 36) of the bridge side (30, 31), defines a radial through aperture (20) which places the space between the elongated bodies (5,6) in communication with the outside of the calliper body (4) so as to permit the outflow of hot air from inside the calliper body (4) outwards.
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18 Claims
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1. Calliper body for disk brake suitable for being positioned astride a disc brake, wherein the disk brake includes a disk having two braking surfaces and defines a rotation axis as well as an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis, an orthogonal radial direction and a circumferential direction orthogonal to the axial direction, said calliper body having two elongated bodies suitable for being positioned on opposite sides of the disk and facing said braking surfaces, each of said elongated bodies comprising a thrust seat for housing thrust means suitable for pressing a pad, against one of the braking surfaces, each of the thrust seats having a rim of a substantially complementary shape to the shape of a pad rim of the pad, each elongated body having a radially outer portion;
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wherein said rim of the thrust seat comprises an upper boundary which separates the thrust seat from the radially outer portion; said calliper body having a connection bridge which connects the elongated bodies, said calliper body comprising at least one reinforcement element which connects said radially outer portion to said connection bridge, said radially outer portion and said at least one reinforcement element defining a through radial aperture having a maximum length in a circumferential direction and a maximum width in an axial direction, wherein; the at least one reinforcement element is radially external to the upper boundary; and the at least one reinforcement element comprises a reinforcement wall having a radial thickness less than the radial thickness of said connection bridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Calliper body for disk brake suitable for being positioned astride a disc brake, wherein the disk brake includes a disk having two braking surfaces and defines a rotation axis as well as an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis, an orthogonal radial direction and a circumferential direction orthogonal to the axial direction,
said calliper body having two elongated bodies suitable for being positioned on opposite sides of the disk and facing said braking surfaces, each of said elongated bodies comprising a thrust seat for housing thrust means suitable for pressing a pad, against one of the braking surfaces, each of the thrust seats having a rim of a substantially complementary shape to the shape of a pad rim of the pad, each elongated body having a radially outer portion; -
wherein said rim of the thrust seat comprises an upper boundary which separates the thrust seat from the radially outer portion; said calliper body having a connection bridge which connects the elongated bodies, said calliper body comprising at least one reinforcement element which connects said radially outer portion to said connection bridge, said radially outer portion and said at least one reinforcement element defining a through radial aperture having a maximum length in a circumferential direction and a maximum width in an axial direction, wherein; the at least one reinforcement element is radially external to the upper boundary; and the at least one reinforcement element comprises a reinforcement wall having a radial thickness less than the radial thickness of said connection bridge, wherein said at least one reinforcement element at least partially overlies the upper boundary.
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