Abstract: A device for supporting and guiding a brake pad backplate and a brake pad arranged thereon in a pad slot of a disc brake, including a restoring device formed by two separately acting restoring elements. One restoring element is formed by a wire spring which serves to restore the lower portion of the brake pad backplate, while the other restoring element is formed by a pad hold-down spring which is capable of restoring the upper portion of the brake pad backplate.

Abstract: A brake disc for a disc brake having one or more sliding or not sliding discs on a hub or other central part is provided. The brake disc has an outer circumference and an inner circumference with a number of alternating teeth and gaps on the inner circumference. One or more measures are taken to reduce the risk of crack formation. One of the measures is to arrange areas of reduced material thickness at and/or adjacent each tooth. The areas of reduced material thickness may be openings having an axial or radial extent. Other measures include designing the teeth and gaps in an appropriate way and forming the brake disc with different properties at different parts.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a disc brake having a caliper encircling one or more brake discs. At least one of said brake discs is received sliding on a hub or a part connected to the hub. According to the invention a maximal angle (?) between the rotational axes of the wheel axle and the brake disc is limited by the clearance between the brake disc and adjacent brake pads.

Abstract: A disc brake comprises a disc brake caliper, which includes a brake application mechanism with an input element, and a service brake actuator providing a brake application force to the input element via a push rod. An electromechanical brake actuator is arranged between the caliper and the service brake actuator and applies its force at will on the push rod.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a disc brake for a vehicle having a caliper receiving one or more brake pads and encircling one or more brake discs, of which at least one brake disc is received slideably on a hub, which is received on a wheel axle, whereby, at brake engagement, the rotational axis of the at least one brake disc is inclined vis-à-vis the rotational axis of the hub.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a disc brake having a caliper encircling one or more brake discs. At least one of said brake discs is received sliding on a hub or a part connected to the hub. According to the invention the caliper is to be mounted in a lagging position. In said lagging position at least a portion of the brake pad assemblies is positioned 0°-180° behind an imaginary point vertically above the centre of a wheel axle, when seen in the normal direction of disc rotation. The invention is intended for brakes, in which the brake pads only act on a restricted part of a full circle.

Abstract: The invention refers to a disc brake having a caliper encircling one or more brake discs, of which at least one brake disc is received slideably on a hub by means of intermeshing splines of both the brake disc and the hub, wherein spacer elements are placed between the brake disc and the hub which are arranged and configured so that contact between the flanks of the splines of the brake disc and the flanks of the splines of the hub is prevented exclusively for any radial movement of the brake disc relative to the hub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disk brake in which a connection is configured between a brake lining retainer and a pressure plate of a push rod in order to move the push rod by means of the brake lining retainer so that it slides axially in a brake caliper

Abstract: The present invention concerns disc brakes and more precisely a brake disc (2) to central part (3) interface. The disc brake has a caliper (1) receiving one or more brake pads (8) and encircling one or more brake discs (2). At least one of the brake discs (2) is received sliding on a central part (3) in the form of a hub, a sleeve or the like. Said central part (3) is received on a wheel axle or the like. The discs (2) are connected to the central part (3) in a rotationally interlocked but axially sliding way by means of teeth (4, 5), splines or the like. At least contact parts of the teeth (4, 5) or the like of the at least one disc (2) and/or the central part (3) have the form of arcs, seen in the direction of the wheel axis. Said contact parts are the parts of the teeth faces expected to make contact with each other in a released position of the brake.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a brake disc for a disc brake having one or more sliding or not sliding discs on a hub or other central part. The brake disc has an outer circumference and an inner circumference with a number of alternating teeth and gaps on the inner circumference. One or more measures are taken to reduce the risk of crack formation. One of said measures is to arrange areas of reduced material thickness at and/or adjacent each tooth. Said areas of reduced material thickness may be openings having an axial or radial extent. Other measures include designing the teeth and gaps in an appropriate way and forming the brake disc with different properties at different parts.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a disc brake having a caliper encircling one or more brake discs. At least one of said brake discs is received sliding on a hub or a part connected to the hub. According to the invention a maximal angle (?) between the rotational axes of the wheel axle and the brake disc is limited by the clearance between the brake disc and adjacent brake pads.

Abstract: A disc brake comprising one or more brake discs received sliding or not sliding on a sleeve or the like connected to a wheel mount. The brake further comprises a caliper or the like and one or more brake pads received on back plates. The back plate is normally received sliding in the caliper or the like. The caliper and/or each back plate are elastically flexible in the direction of pad movement during brake application.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a disc brake having a caliper encircling one or more brake discs. At least one of said brake discs is received sliding on a hub or a part connected to the hub. According to the invention the caliper is to be mounted in a lagging position. In said lagging position at least a portion of the brake pad assemblies is positioned 0°-180° behind an imaginary point vertically above the centre of a wheel axle, when seen in the normal direction of disc rotation. The invention is intended for brakes, in which the brake pads only act on a restricted part of a full circle.

Abstract: The present invention concerns disc brakes and more precisely a brake disc (2) to central part (3) interface. The disc brake has a caliper (1) receiving one or more brake pads (8) and encircling one or more brake discs (2). At least one of the brake discs (2) is received sliding on a central part (3) in the form of a hub, a sleeve or the like. Said central part (3) is received on a wheel axle or the like. The discs (2) are connected to the central part (3) in a rotationally interlocked but axially sliding way by means of teeth (4, 5), splines or the like. At least contact parts of the teeth (4, 5) or the like of the at least one disc (2) and/or the central part (3) have the form of arcs, seen in the direction of the wheel axis. Said contact parts are the parts of the teeth faces expected to make contact with each other in a released position of the brake.

Abstract: A device for spinning a liquid sample on a sample carrier (2), such as a microscope slide, comprises a rotatable body (4) with a receiving surface (11) for the sample carrier (2), and a chamber (10) for enclosing a sample that has been applied to the sample carrier (2). A means (23) is designed to establish a gas flow from the environment into the chamber (10) in connection with the spinning of the sample in order to prevent leakage of the sample to the environment. Unlike current designs, the chamber (10) is arranged on the same side of the sample carrier (2) as the rotatable body (4). Consequently, the sample carrier (2) itself serves as a cover which seals the chamber (10).