Patents Assigned to WABCO Radbremsen GmbH
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Patent number: 9506511Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a carrier, a caliper, a holder device for displaceably holding the caliper on the carrier, a seal which is fixed in a recess on the holder device, and a pretensioning device for pretensioning the seal in the recess, wherein the pretensioning device is activated by the mounting of the holder device.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Manuel Reiser
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Patent number: 9453545Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake application shaft and having an adjusting device for wear-dependent adjustment, wherein a rotational axis of the brake application shaft is perpendicular to a rotational axis of the adjusting device and a pin serves to couple the brake application shaft to the adjusting device. A longitudinal axis of the pin encloses an acute angle with the rotational axis of the brake application shaft. The invention also relates to an adjusting device for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having an adjusting element in the form of an adjusting nut or an adjusting screw, and having a slipping clutch for limiting the torque which can be transmitted to the adjusting element. The slipping clutch has a friction element which is rotationally coupled to the adjusting element in both rotational directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventors: Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcus Keller
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Patent number: 9297432Abstract: The invention relates to a brake disc for a land vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, having an axis of rotation, a friction ring, a disc pot and a disc flange for flange-mounting the same to the wheel hub of a vehicle, wherein the disc flange includes a flange facing. According to the invention, it is provided that the flange facing encloses an acute angle with a normal of the axis of rotation in the longitudinal sectional plane that contains the axis of rotation, when the flange facing is in the non-flange-mounted state thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Eugen Kloos
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Patent number: 9291226Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake pad, a brake application device for pressing the brake pad against a brake disk, a pressure plate, by way of which the brake application device presses the brake pad against the brake disk during the braking process, and comprising an inclined guide, which during braking guides the pressure plate along a path located transversely to the brake axis. The pressure plate is provided with a protrusion, and the brake pad is provided with a recess, which accommodates the protrusion when assembled.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Hellmut Jaeger
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Patent number: 9109652Abstract: The invention relates to a selection of components of a disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a brake caliper having an installation opening for installing a brake shaft, a first brake shaft and a second brake shaft, wherein the two brake shafts are coordinated with the brake caliper in such a manner that they can be used to apply the brake. According to the invention, the first brake shaft, but not the second, fits through the installation opening. The further invention relates to a disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a brake shaft and a brake caliper having an installation opening for installing the brake shaft, wherein the brake shaft is coordinated with the brake caliper in such a manner that said brake shaft can be used to apply the brake. According to the invention, the brake caliper and the brake shaft each have a coding, which allows installation of the brake shaft through the installation opening only if the two codings match.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Denny Moeller
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Patent number: 9074647Abstract: The invention relates to a device for indicating wear on the friction lining of a brake shoe of a disc brake, having an electrically conductive unit which comes into electrical contact with the brake disc when a first predetermined wear limit is reached during braking, wherein the electrically conductive unit is elongate and a section adjacent to the section lying closest to the brake disc in the installed state forms an angle between 0° and 90°, preferably between 2° and 20°, more preferably between 8° and 16° with the plane of the brake disc. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventors: Martin Stumpf, Wolfgang Falter
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Publication number: 20140048361Abstract: The invention relates to a brake disc for a land vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, having an axis of rotation, a friction ring, a disc pot and a disc flange for flange-mounting the same to the wheel hub of a vehicle, wherein the disc flange includes a flange facing. According to the invention, it is provided that the flange facing encloses an acute angle with a normal of the axis of rotation in the longitudinal sectional plane that contains the axis of rotation, when the flange facing is in the non-flange-mounted state thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventor: Eugen Kloos
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Publication number: 20140048358Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake application shaft and having an adjusting device for wear-dependent adjustment, wherein a rotational axis of the brake application shaft is perpendicular to a rotational axis of the adjusting device and a pin serves to couple the brake application shaft to the adjusting device. A longitudinal axis of the pin encloses an acute angle with the rotational axis of the brake application shaft. The invention also relates to an adjusting device for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having an adjusting element in the form of an adjusting nut or an adjusting screw, and having a slipping clutch for limiting the torque which can be transmitted to the adjusting element. The slipping clutch has a friction element which is rotationally coupled to the adjusting element in both rotational directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcus Keller
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Patent number: 8590675Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake application shaft (14) and having an adjusting device for wear-dependent adjustment, wherein a rotational axis (36) of the brake application shaft is perpendicular to a rotational axis (40) of the adjusting device and a pin (23) serves to couple the brake application shaft to the adjusting device. A longitudinal axis of the pin encloses an acute angle with the rotational axis of the brake application shaft. The invention also relates to an adjusting device for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having an adjusting element in the form of an adjusting nut or an adjusting screw, and having a slipping clutch (28, 30) for limiting the torque which can be transmitted to the adjusting element. The slipping clutch has a friction element which is rotationally coupled to the adjusting element in both rotational directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Wabco Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcus Keller
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Publication number: 20130306410Abstract: The invention relates to a device for indicating wear on the friction lining of a brake shoe of a disc brake, having an electrically conductive unit which comes into electrical contact with the brake disc when a first predetermined wear limit is reached during braking, wherein the electrically conductive unit is elongate and a section adjacent to the section lying closest to the brake disc in the installed state forms an angle between 0° and 90°, preferably between 2° and 20°, more preferably between 8° and 16° with the plane of the brake disc. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Martin Stumpf, Wolfgang Falter
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Publication number: 20130126284Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a carrier, a caliper, a holder device for displaceably holding the caliper on the carrier, a seal which is fixed in a recess on the holder device, and a pretensioning device for pretensioning the seal in the recess, wherein the pretensioning device is activated by the mounting of the holder device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Manuel Reiser
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Patent number: 8403114Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatically and/or electromechanically actuable commercial vehicle disc brake having a brake disc, a brake caliper, a brake application shaft which can be actuated by a pivoting lever and lies transversely with respect to a rotational axis of the brake disc, an adjusting device which is arranged at least partially within an inner space of the brake caliper, and a first sealing device for sealing an annular space which is delimited by the inner wall of a through opening of the brake caliper and a device which extends through the through opening. According to the invention, a holding device, which holds a second sealing device for sealing the annular space at least partially, and a third sealing device are provided, which sealing device bears against the holding device for sealing the annular space at least partially.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Wabco Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Falter, Christian Jungmann, Gunter Stingl, Denny Moller
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Publication number: 20130020153Abstract: The invention relates to a selection of components of a disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a brake caliper having an installation opening for installing a brake shaft, a first brake shaft and a second brake shaft, wherein the two brake shafts are coordinated with the brake caliper in such a manner that they can be used to apply the brake. According to the invention, the first brake shaft, but not the second, fits through the installation opening. The further invention relates to a disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a brake shaft and a brake caliper having an installation opening for installing the brake shaft, wherein the brake shaft is coordinated with the brake caliper in such a manner that said brake shaft can be used to apply the brake. According to the invention, the brake caliper and the brake shaft each have a coding, which allows installation of the brake shaft through the installation opening only if the two codings match.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventor: Denny Moeller
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Patent number: 8118142Abstract: The invention relates to a brake device for vehicles, in particular for utility vehicles, with a mounting device attachable to a stationary part of the vehicle, whereby the mounting device, when viewed along the brake axis, consists of two end sections and a first connection section in-between. According to the invention it is provided that the first connection section has an opening for at least partial acceptance of a radial lug of the stationary part.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventor: Bernward Redemann
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Patent number: 8016085Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a hold-down spring (2) for holding down a force transmission device of the disk brake, wherein the hold-down spring comprises a first holding region (4) having a first support device for support on a hold-down device in the one circumferential direction of the brake disk of the disk brake and having a second support device for support on the hold-down device in the other circumferential direction of the brake disk. The hold-down spring comprises a second holding region (5) having a third support device for support on a hold-down device in the one circumferential direction of the brake disk and having a fourth support device for support on the hold-down device in the other circumferential direction of the brake disk.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Marcus Keller, Andreas Steinmetz
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Patent number: 7984795Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle, especially a commercial vehicle, with a braking system for a wheel of the vehicle having an axle arrangement and a brake, especially a disc brake, whereby the cross-section of the axle arrangement has an outer contour differing from a circle, and the brake has a brake carrier. According to one embodiment of the invention, the brake carrier has an opening whose inner contour differs from a circle and the outer contour lies on the axle arrangement such that the brake carrier surrounds the axle of the brake to form a keyed fit with the axle arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Andreas Steinmetz, Bernward Redemann, Hellmut Jäger
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Publication number: 20110147138Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake application shaft (14) and having an adjusting device for wear-dependent adjustment, wherein a rotational axis (36) of the brake application shaft is perpendicular to a rotational axis (40) of the adjusting device and a pin (23) serves to couple the brake application shaft to the adjusting device. A longitudinal axis of the pin encloses an acute angle with the rotational axis of the brake application shaft. The invention also relates to an adjusting device for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having an adjusting element in the form of an adjusting nut or an adjusting screw, and having a slipping clutch (28, 30) for limiting the torque which can be transmitted to the adjusting element. The slipping clutch has a friction element which is rotationally coupled to the adjusting element in both rotational directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcus Keller
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Publication number: 20110127120Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a caliper for a caliper-type disk brake, wherein the caliper has the following: a brake-application-side caliper section (10) with at least one support surface (22.1, 22.2) for absorbing clamping forces during braking, a rim-side caliper section which is formed in one piece with the brake-application-side caliper section 912), and a first recess (14) which is situated between the two caliper sections and into which at least one brake disk projects at least in sections in the installed state. It is provided according to the invention that, to form the support surface, a machining tool (40) is moved through the first recess into the region in which the support surface is to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventors: Martin Stumpf, Peter Kramer
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Patent number: 7874405Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a brake carrier for a disk brake, which comprises a flange facing in parallel to the brake disk plane. The brake carrier comprises a flange facing having at least two sections that are configured on respective shoulders on the side of the brake carrier facing away from the brake disk.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: WABCO Radbremsen GmbHInventors: Peter Blatt, Markus Harder, Eugen Kloos, Andreas Steinmetz, Andreas Deckhut
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Publication number: 20100314205Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatically and/or electromechanically actuable commercial vehicle disc brake having a brake disc, a brake calliper, a brake application shaft which can be actuated by means of a pivoting lever and lies transversely with respect to a rotational axis of the brake disc, an adjusting device which is arranged at least partially within an inner space of the brake calliper, and a first sealing device for sealing an annular space which is delimited by the inner wall of a through opening of the brake calliper and a device which extends through the through opening. According to the invention, a holding device, which holds a second sealing device for sealing the annular space at least partially, and a third sealing device are provided, which sealing device bears against the holding device for sealing the annular space at least partially.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: WABCO RADBREMSEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Falter, Christian Jungmann, Gunter Stingl, Denny Moller