Abstract: A method for making a braking band (2) for a brake disc (1) for a disc brake, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a mold (10) having an inner cavity (11), which comprises a first portion (11a) of a shape corresponding to the braking band (2) to be made; b) preparing a band preform (20) comprising a central preform (200), an upper outer preform (201) and a lower outer preform (202), said central preform (200) being made of porous ceramic material comprising silicon carbide (SiC), said upper outer preform (201) and lower outer preform (202) being made of porous ceramic material comprising silicon carbide (SiC) and infiltrated with silicon (SiC+Si), wherein a carbon barrier layer (201a, 200a, 200b, 202a) made of carbon is interposed between the upper outer preform (201) and the central preform (200) and between the lower outer preform (202) and the central preform (200), said preforms (200, 201, 202) having the shape of the braking band (2) to be made; c) placing said band preform (20) inside the mold a

Abstract: A method for making a braking band (2) for a brake disc (1) for a disc brake, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a mold (10) having an inner cavity (11), which comprises a first portion (11a) of a shape corresponding to the braking band (2) to be made; b) preparing a band preform (20) comprising a central layer (200) made of porous ceramic material comprising silicon carbide (SiC), an upper outer layer (201) and a lower outer layer (202), said upper outer layer (201) and said lower outer layer (202) being made of porous ceramic material comprising silicon carbide (SiC) and infiltrated with silicon (SiC+Si), said upper outer layer (201) and said bottom outer layer (202) being arranged in an opposing way and on opposite sides of the central layer (200); c) placing said band preform (20) inside the mold at the first portion (11a) of said inner cavity (11); and d) injecting a liquid or semi-solid aluminum alloy inside the entire inner cavity (11) of the mold (11) so as to infiltrate only the central lay

Abstract: One example discloses a current limited power device, including: a switch; an output coupled to the switch; a sensor coupled to sense a voltage across a parasitic diode within the switch; and an output current limiter circuit coupled to reduce a output current (Iout) from the output of the power device if the voltage across the parasitic diode exceeds a threshold level.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake disc includes providing at least one sheet of predefined thickness, blanking a first disc-shaped portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make a first plate of a ventilated braking band, blanking a second disc-shaped portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make a second plate of the ventilated braking band, blanking a third portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make at least one ventilation spacer for the ventilated braking band, drawing the third portion by shaping first and second protrusions, forming opposite first and second recesses adapted to make ventilation channels, connecting the first disc-shaped portion to the first protrusion by discontinuous weld spots, and connecting the second disc-shaped portion to the second protrusion by discontinuous weld spots.

Abstract: A floating disc brake has a supporting bracket, a caliper body connected to the supporting bracket, a first friction pad on a first side of the caliper body, a second friction pad on a second side of the caliper body, fixed to the caliper body, a first piston connected to the first friction pad and a second piston that can freely rest on the first friction pad forming a positioning surface which can abut against a resting surface of the supporting bracket. The first and second pistons can be actuated independently so that a rearward movement of the first piston towards the first side detaches the first friction pad from the brake disc, and a rearward movement of the second piston towards the first side, with the positioning surface abutting against the resting surface moves the caliper body together with the second friction pad towards the second side and detaches the second friction pad from the brake disc.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a braking band may include providing a braking band with a base band having an upper face and a lower face, where the base band being is made of titanium or titanium alloy. The method may also include directly depositing a material in particulate form consisting of ceramic and metal and/or intermetallic particles above at least the upper face and/or the lower face so to create an upper coating layer and/or lower coating layer. A braking band for a brake disc may have a base band entirely made of titanium alloy and having an upper face and a lower face, an upper coating layer, and a lower coating layer joined to the base band along the lower face. The upper coating layer and the lower coating layer consist of a mixture of ceramic and metal and/or intermetallic particles.

Abstract: A parking-braking assembly of a motor vehicle is provided. The parking-braking assembly has at least one first brake caliper associated with a wheel of the rear axle of the vehicle and at least one further first brake caliper associated with a wheel of the front axle of the vehicle. All brake calipers of the parking-braking assembly are electro-actuated brake calipers to avoid hydraulic braking devices and circuits on the vehicle. The at least one first brake caliper and the at least one further first brake caliper are at least also parking brake calipers.

Abstract: A caliper body of a brake caliper has supports for supporting thrust devices, brake pads or at least one attaching element, and feeding pipes for supplying the thrust devices, the supports and feeding pipes being made of a first material capable of withstanding high pressures, and at least one inner body portion made of a second material adapted to incorporate the supports and feeding pipes and obtain shapes having complex geometry for distributing stress received from the supports and feeding pipes. The at least one inner body portion forms a first vehicle side elongated element facing a first braking surface, and a second wheel side elongated element facing a second braking surface opposite to the first braking surface. The caliper body has at least one outer body portion made of a third material adapted to form a reinforcement with mechanical resistance.

Abstract: A disc assembly has a braking band, a bell and at least one driving element. The bell has at least one driving surface, forming a tangential abutment surface. The bell rests on at least one surface of the braking band or on a plurality of surfaces of the braking band coplanar with one another. The braking band has at least one driving band surface extending along axial and radial directions, forming at least one tangential abutment surface and slidingly rests on the at least one driving band surface. The driving element is selectively movable from a position in which it avoids resting on the bell to a position in which it rests on the bell and constrains the bell to the braking band in axial and circumferential directions, preventing the braking band from being constrained to the bell in radial direction.

Abstract: A detection device for detecting a braking force applied by a brake caliper on a hub holder is configured to be mounted at a fastening interface between the brake caliper and the hub holder and has a low-friction body, a caliper- hub-holder connection element, a sensor element, and an electrical interface. The low-friction body puts into contact the brake caliper and the hub holder at the fixing interface. The caliper- hub-holder connection element, configured to be mechanically connected to the brake caliper and the hub holder, is susceptible of deformation. The low-friction body decouples tightening forces from the braking forces to minimize the effect of the tightening forces on the detection device. The sensor element detects strains and generates electrical signals indicative of detected strains and representative of the braking force. The electrical interface is connected to the sensor element for conducting and making available the generated electrical signals.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake disc includes providing at least one sheet of predefined thickness, blanking a first disc-shaped portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make a first plate of a ventilated braking band, blanking a second disc-shaped portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make a second plate of the ventilated braking band, blanking a third portion in the at least one sheet adapted to make at least one ventilation spacer for the ventilated braking band, drawing the third portion by shaping first and second protrusions, forming opposite first and second recesses adapted to make ventilation channels, connecting the first disc-shaped portion to the first protrusion by discontinuous weld spots, and connecting the second disc-shaped portion to the second protrusion by discontinuous weld spots.

Abstract: A detection device for simultaneously detecting tangential and normal components of a force acting at a brake caliper or suspension of a vehicle wheel has a plate-shaped casing having a force sensor assembly for detecting normal and tangential force components and for generating one or more electrical signals representative of detected normal and tangential force components. The detection device has an electrical interface for conducting and making the one or more generated electrical signals available. A device and a system for determining a braking force due to action of a vehicle brake caliper and a brake caliper system with a braking force estimation function are also provided. Methods for simultaneously detecting tangential and normal components of a force acting at a brake caliper or exchanged between an axle and a suspension of the wheel and for determining a braking force due to action of a vehicle brake caliper are also provided.

Abstract: A fixed brake caliper for a disc brake disc has a first half-body housing a first thrust device, and facing a first braking surface, a second half-body housing a second thrust device, and facing a second braking surface, and a first bridge element connecting and supporting the second half-body to the first half-body. The first bridge element has a first and a second guiding and resting bridge surfaces. The first half-body has a first protrusion protruding towards the opposite second half-body. The second half-body has a second protrusion protruding towards the opposite first half-body. The first and second half-bodies and the bridge element are mutually separable. The first and second protrusions each delimit a guiding and resting half-body surface, respectively. The first bridge element rests the first bridge surface against the first half-body surface and the second bridge surface against the second half-body surface.

Abstract: A caliper body of a brake caliper has supports for supporting thrust devices, brake pads or at least one attaching element, and feeding pipes for supplying the thrust devices, the supports and feeding pipes being made of a first material capable of withstanding high pressures, and at least one inner body portion made of a second material adapted to incorporate the supports and feeding pipes and obtain shapes having complex geometry for distributing stress received from the supports and feeding pipes. The at least one inner body portion forms a first vehicle side elongated element facing a first braking surface, and a second wheel side elongated element facing a second braking surface opposite to the first braking surface. The caliper body has at least one outer body portion made of a third material adapted to form a reinforcement with mechanical resistance.

Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle capable of resulting in an increased driving comfort is provided. The braking device may have a brake disc of a disc brake for rotating about a rotation axis, in which the disc may have a disc body. The disc body may have a braking band having opposite braking surfaces and at least one connection portion for connecting the disc to a connection device of a vehicle associable with the braking device. The braking band defines an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the brake disc, a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction and a tangential or circumferential direction orthogonal both to the axial direction and to the radial direction. The connection portion is connected to the braking band by connecting elements, the connecting elements being a plurality of elements equally spaced apart in circumferential direction.

Abstract: A disc assembly has a braking band, a bell and at least one driving element. The bell has at least one driving surface, forming a tangential abutment surface. The bell rests on at least one surface of the braking band or on a plurality of surfaces of the braking band coplanar with one another. The braking band has at least one driving band surface extending along axial and radial directions, forming at least one tangential abutment surface and slidingly rests on the at least one driving band surface. The driving element is selectively movable from a position in which it avoids resting on the bell to a position in which it rests on the bell and constrains the bell to the braking band in axial and circumferential directions, preventing the braking band from being constrained to the bell in radial direction.

Abstract: A brake caliper and hub bracket assembly for a disc brake of a vehicle, comprising at least one caliper and at least one hub bracket, the brake caliper comprising a caliper body comprising a first elongated element, or vehicle side elongated element, suitable for directly or indirectly facing said first braking surface of the brake disc by at least a first brake pad, and a second elongated element, or wheel side elongated element, opposed to the vehicle side elongated element and suitable for directly or indirectly facing said second braking surface of the brake disc by at least a second brake pad. The vehicle side elongated element comprises at least a first thrust means seat suitable for receiving a piston for exerting a thrust action on the at least first brake pad. The wheel side elongated element comprises at least a second thrust means seat suitable for receiving a piston for exerting a thrust action on the at least second brake pad.

Abstract: A fixed brake caliper for a disc brake disc has a first half-body housing a first thrust device, and facing a first braking surface, a second half-body housing a second thrust device, and facing a second braking surface, and a first bridge element connecting and supporting the second half-body to the first half-body. The first bridge element has a first and a second guiding and resting bridge surfaces. The first half-body has a first protrusion protruding towards the opposite second half-body. The second half-body has a second protrusion protruding towards the opposite first half-body. The first and second half-bodies and the bridge element are mutually separable. The first and second protrusions each delimit a guiding and resting half-body surface, respectively. The first bridge element rests the first bridge surface against the first half-body surface and the second bridge surface against the second half-body surface.

Abstract: A pad assembly adapted to be mounted in a caliper body for a disc brake has a pad-housing pocket. The disc brake defines an axial direction, either coinciding or parallel with the direction of the rotation axis of the brake disc associable with the caliper body, a radial direction (R-R), orthogonal to the axial direction, and a tangential (T-T) or circumferential (T-T) direction, orthogonal both to the axial direction and to the radial direction (R-R). The pad-housing pocket has at least one pocket wall to form a tangential abutment for a brake pad associable with the caliper body. The pad assembly has a brake pad having a support plate, adapted to form a support for at least one associable friction material, where the support plate has a main extension along the radial (R-R) and tangential (T-T) directions.

Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle capable of resulting in an increased driving comfort is provided. The braking device may have a brake disc of a disc brake for rotating about a rotation axis, in which the disc may have a disc body. The disc body may have a braking band having opposite braking surfaces and at least one connection portion for connecting the disc to a connection device of a vehicle associable with the braking device. The braking band defines an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the brake disc, a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction and a tangential or circumferential direction orthogonal both to the axial direction and to the radial direction. The connection portion is connected to the braking band by connecting elements, the connecting elements being a plurality of elements equally spaced apart in circumferential direction.