Patents by Inventor Christian Raffin

Christian Raffin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9816577
    Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle has a caliper that straddles a brake disc. The caliper is mounted on a brake carrier on the vehicle side by way of two connecting bearings in an axially displaceable manner in relation to the brake disc. The connecting bearings each include a guide bar that is securely connected to the brake carrier and guided in a slide bearing of the caliper for the axial displacement thereof. At least one connecting bearing is provided with a radially elastic damping bushing, which at least surrounds the guide bar in regions and has grooves that are laterally delimited by ribs. The disc brake is designed such that the damping bushing has a progressive damping behavior in the radial loading direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fischer, Christian Raffin, Michael Peschel, Florian Orgler
  • Patent number: 9022180
    Abstract: A bellows arrangement on a guide bar of a disc brake, particularly of a commercial vehicle, has an end of the bellows comprising a sealing ring, particularly a quad ring, lying in a circumferential groove of the guide bar. The bellows is pressed into the groove by a retaining ring placed thereon, and is designed so that an air passage can form in the contact area of the sealing ring at the base of the groove, reducing the volume enclosed by the bellows and the guide bar. To this end, the contact shoulder formed on the retaining ring is circumferentially interrupted in segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Gruber, Christian Raffin
  • Patent number: 8662261
    Abstract: A brake pad holder of a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle is provided, wherein brake pads assigned to both sides of a brake disc are held by a respective pad-holding spring in a spring-loaded manner in a pad shaft of a positionally fixed brake anchor plate or of a brake caliper. A pad-holding clip, which extends in the axial direction of the brake disc and is fastened to the brake caliper, is supported on the brake pads. The brake pad holder is designed such that the pad-holding clip has at least one limb which extends approximately radially with respect to the brake disc and enters into a recess of at least one brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Raffin, Markus Gruber, Wlodzimierz Macke, Thomas Lehner
  • Patent number: 8220596
    Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper, which is provided with a brake disc and fixed to a brake carrier by two fastening elements such that it can be axially displaced in relation to the brake disc. The fastening elements each include a guide spar, which is connected to the brake carrier in a fixed manner. For the axial displacement of the brake caliper, one of the guide spars is guided in a plain bearing designed as a movable bearing and the other in a plain bearing designed as fixed bearing such that the guide spar of the fixed bearing includes an elastically deformable section in the radial direction on the outer circumference. The associated bearing rests against the deformable section at least in some sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fischer, Ralf Vogedes, Markus Babicz, Christian Raffin, Michael Peschel, Florian Orgler
  • Publication number: 20110079470
    Abstract: A bellows arrangement on a guide bar of a disc brake, particularly of a commercial vehicle, has an end of the bellows comprising a sealing ring, particularly a quad ring, lying in a circumferential groove of the guide bar. The bellows is pressed into the groove by a retaining ring placed thereon, and is designed so that an air passage can form in the contact area of the sealing ring at the base of the groove, reducing the volume enclosed by the bellows and the guide bar. To this end, the contact shoulder formed on the retaining ring is circumferentially interrupted in segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Markus GRUBER, Christian Raffin
  • Publication number: 20100282547
    Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle has a caliper that straddles a brake disc. The caliper is mounted on a brake carrier on the vehicle side by way of two connecting bearings in an axially displaceable manner in relation to the brake disc. The connecting bearings each include a guide bar that is securely connected to the brake carrier and guided in a slide bearing of the caliper for the axial displacement thereof. At least one connecting bearing is provided with a radially elastic damping bushing, which at least surrounds the guide bar in regions and has grooves that are laterally delimited by ribs. The disc brake is designed such that the damping bushing has a progressive damping behavior in the radial loading direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fischer, Christian Raffin, Michael Peschel, Florian Orgler
  • Publication number: 20100252370
    Abstract: A brake pad holder of a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle is provided, wherein brake pads assigned to both sides of a brake disc are held by a respective pad-holding spring in a spring-loaded manner in a pad shaft of a positionally fixed brake anchor plate or of a brake caliper. A pad-holding clip, which extends in the axial direction of the brake disc and is fastened to the brake caliper, is supported on the brake pads. The brake pad holder is designed such that the pad-holding clip has at least one limb which extends approximately radially with respect to the brake disc and enters into a recess of at least one brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Christian RAFFIN, Markus Gruber, Wlodzimierz Macke, Thomas Lehner
  • Publication number: 20090272607
    Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper, which is provided with a brake disc and fixed to a brake carrier by two fastening elements such that it can be axially displaced in relation to the brake disc. The fastening elements each include a guide spar, which is connected to the brake carrier in a fixed manner. For the axial displacement of the brake caliper, one of the guide spars is guided in a plain bearing designed as a movable bearing and the other in a plain bearing designed as fixed bearing such that the guide spar of the fixed bearing includes an elastically deformable section in the radial direction on the outer circumference. The associated bearing rests against the deformable section at least in some sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf FISCHER, Ralf VOGEDES, Markus BABICZ, Christian RAFFIN, Michael PESCHEL, Florian ORGLER
  • Publication number: 20090236188
    Abstract: A disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a caliper which surrounds a brake disc, against which brake pads can be pressed on both sides during braking. A holding bracket is fastened to the caliper and bears against pad retaining springs acting on outer edges of the brake pads. The holding bracket bridges a mounting opening of the caliper transversely with respect to the rotational direction of the brake disc and is preferably fastened by way of one end to the caliper in a positively locking manner and held by way of its other end by a fastening element such that the fastening element is connected captively to the holding bracket and corresponds with a securing part of the caliper in the sense of a holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Christian RAFFIN, Kai Fischer
  • Publication number: 20080289914
    Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a utility vehicle, includes a caliper that is fastened to a brake support and is provided with a receiving chamber for a clamping mechanism, as well as a brake disc which can be effectively connected to brake pads. The disc brake includes a retaining clip, which is removably fastened to the caliper while supporting springs that act upon the outer edge of the brake pads. One end of the retaining clip positively lies in a receptacle of the caliper while the other end thereof is retained by a fastening element. The fastening element has two limbs, which are secured in holes provided in the caliper on both sides next to the retaining clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Robert TRIMPE, Christian RAFFIN, Jose CAMILO-MARTINEZ