Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, is provided having a caliper reaching over a brake disc, a brake application device arranged in the caliper for applying the brake, as well as an adjusting system arranged in the caliper for compensating brake pad and/or disc wear by adjusting the distance between the brake pad and the brake disc. The caliper has a two-part construction including an application-side caliper part and a reaction-side caliper part. The reaction-side caliper part is designed such that it frames the brake disc in its upper circumferential area. The adjusting system has at least one or more adjusting devices also arranged on the reaction side of the brake disc, and preferably on each side of the brake disc.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brake disk for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles. Said brake disk comprises two spaced friction rings, which are linked to each other forming an air space and is linked to a wheel hub and/or axle in a rotationally fixed manner. Said brake disk is designed, such that it is fixed to the hub, by means of a separate link piece radially extending, in a manner that said disk can be elastically displaced in the hub axial direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake caliper covering a brake disk, a tensing device arranged in a brake caliper for tensing the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction thereof, and at least one regulating system arranged in the brake caliper in order to equalize the brake pad and/or disk deterioration by adjusting the distance between the brake pad and the brake disk. The invention is characterized in that at least one or more adjusting rotational devices which are driven by an electric motor are provided on each side of the brake disk to adjust the axial distances between the brake pads and the brake disk. According to a method for controlling the regulating system of the brake disk, the regulating rotational device is individually controlled on both sides of the brake disk.

Abstract: An electro mechanical or pneumatically actuated disk brake, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes a brake caliper or saddle and a brake disk. The brake saddle overlaps the brake disk at least in sections of the outer periphery thereof. The disk brake also includes a tensioning device which is entirely or partially inserted into the brake saddle. The tensioning device is used to produce a tensioning movement between the brake linings and the brake disk. The disk brake further includes at least one and preferably several adjusting devices. The brake disk and/or the brake saddle are arranged on a step with elastic pre-tension when the brake is in the release state.

Abstract: An electro mechanical or pneumatically actuated disk brake, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes a brake caliper or saddle and a brake disk. The brake saddle overlaps the brake disk at least in sections of the outer periphery thereof. The disk brake also includes a tensioning device which is entirely or partially inserted into the brake saddle. The tensioning device is used to produce a tensioning movement between the brake linings and the brake disk. The disk brake further includes at least one, and preferably several, adjusting devices. The brake disk and/or the brake saddle are arranged on a stop with elastic pre-tension when the brake is in a release state. Braking is determined by a control method in a sensor-free manner during adjustment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the latter, in addition to at least one adjusting system located in the brake caliper for compensating wear and tear on the brake pad and/or disk. The disk brake is characterized in that the adjusting system is configured on one or both sides of the brake disk as a preassembled adjuster module, which has at least the following components: an electromotor, which acts as the drive, or a drive connection to an electromotor and a reduction gear connected downstream of the electromotor, the rotative drive being fitted onto the mounting plate(s).

Abstract: A disk brake apparatus with a readily- releasable wear adjuster, including a brake caliper which overlaps a brake disk, a tensioning device for tensioning brake pads and an adjusting system for compensating for brake pad wear, where the adjusting system includes at least one adjusting rotating device with an electric motor drive for adjusting the brake pad clearance and a release device that assists in releasing the adjusting rotating device when the electric motor drive retracts the brake pads to the specified clearance.

Abstract: A combined pneumatic cylinder and a corresponding control method are characterized in that a spring for realizing the parking brake function is directly placed inside one of two pressure chambers and, to be precise, inside the pressure chamber that is designed for effecting service brakings by increasing pressure. The service brake function as well as the parking brake function can be realized by means of only two pressure chambers and the spring.

Abstract: A disc brake, especially for utility vehicles, which includes a caliper enclosing a brake disc, a pneumatically or electromotively operated tensioning device for tensioning the brake, which is located in the caliper, a magnet wheel rotating with the brake disc, and a stationary sensor for detecting the angle of rotation and the speed of the magnet wheel. The sensor is mounted at a distance from the magnet wheel and at least one line is connected to transmit pulses between the sensor and the magnet wheel. As a result, the sensor can be mounted on the housing protected from the action of heat and other environmental influences and so as to be easily accessible.

Abstract: A method for cotrolling a disk brake comprising a caliper which overlaps a brake disk, brake linings arranged on both sides of the brake disk, a tensing device for tensing the disk brake and an adjustment system which is driven by an electric motor and which can be controlled by means of a control device. The inventive method consists of the following steps: a) determination of the braking power occurring during braking; b) comparison of the determined braking power with a braking power threshold value; c) control of the adjustment system in order to carry out adjustment if the braking power threshold is exceeded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the latter, in addition to at least one adjusting system located in the brake caliper for compensating wear and tear on the brake pad and or disk, by adjusting the distance between the brake pad and the brake disk. The adjusting system has an adjusting rotative device. The disk brake is characterized in that at least one of the adjusting rotative devices is provided on each side of the brake disk for adjusting the axial distances between the two brake pads and the brake disk.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electronically commutated DC motor is provided, the DC motor including at least one particularly permanent magnetic rotor and a wound stator, which is a drive motor for an adjuster device on a pneumatically operated disc brake. The rotor position is determined from electrically measured parameters without sensing of the rotor position. The invention is characterized in that two determination methods for determining the rotor position from electrically measured parameters are combined with each other, whereby one is an inductive measurement and a further one of the determination methods is a measurement of the inducted voltage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brake disk, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake caliper covering a brake disk, a tensing device arranged in a brake caliper for clamping the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction thereof, and at least one regulating system arranged in the brake caliper in order to equalize the brake pad and/or disk deterioration by adjusting the distance between the brake pad and the brake disk, whereby the regulating system comprises a regulating rotational device. The invention is characterized in that at least one regulating rotational device is provided on each side of the brake disk to adjust the axial distances between the brake pads and the brake disk.

Abstract: A wheel hub, especially a wheel hub for commercial vehicles, for receiving a brake disk, in which a neck section which is formed on the wheel flange for receiving the brake disk, the neck section being provided with a surface structure, preferably ribs, which increases the amount of heat given off to the environment. There may also be provided ducts between the ribs to permit cooling air to pass between the wheel flange and the brake disk to further increase the amount of heat given off to the environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the latter, in addition to at least one adjusting system located in the brake caliper for compensating wear and tear on the brake pad and/or disk. Said disk brake is characterized in that the adjusting system is configured on one or both sides of the brake disk as a preassembled adjuster module, which has at least the following components: an electromotor, which acts as the drive, or a drive connection to an electromotor and a reduction gear connected downstream of the electromotor, the rotative drive being fitted onto the mounting plate(s).

Abstract: A disc brake is provided, especially for utility vehicles, that comprises a caliper that overlaps a brake disc, a brake application device disposed in the caliper that applies the brake and at least one adjustment device comprising an electrical drive. The disc brake is further provided with a mechanical device that blocks the adjustment device driven by an electromotor against an augmentation of the release play that exceeds a threshold value caused by the electromotor drive.

Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, operated pneumatically or by electric motor, comprising a brake caliper, an application device and at least one adjuster device arranged with the brake caliper, is characterized in that both adjuster elements of the at least one adjuster device are fixed in a non-rotating manner to a common connector plate in the region thereof facing the brake lining and/or a single- or multi-piece thermal insulation layer is at least partly applied to the connector plate or parts connected thereto on the side thereof facing the relevant braking lining to form a region like a pressure piece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatically actuated disc brake for utility vehicles, said disc brake comprising a single-part or multi-part caliper which overlaps a brake disc and can be pivoted or displaced in relation to a wheel axis or a wheel hub, an application device which is arranged in the caliper and is used to apply the brake, and an adjustment device. The invention is characterized in that the adjustment device comprises at least one adjustment unit that can be directly actuated by means of compressed air, independently from the application device.

Abstract: A pneumatically actuated disc brake includes a caliper that straddles a brake disc, at least one brake application device, and at least one adjusting device, which is provided with an electromotive drive unit. The disc brake and a control method therefore are characterized by the fact that the at least one electromotively driven adjusting device is also used as a parking brake and/or emergency brake.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control method for controlling a resetting system of a disc brake provided with a brake caliper, involving the following steps: 1. in order to determine the actual play of the disc brake, the brake disc is displaced back and forth with the resetting devices located on each side of the brake disc between two axial stops that delimit the displacement path of the brake disc, and the covered actual displacement path is determined; 2. the actual play is calculated and adjusted based on a comparison of the actual displacement path with a pre-stored displacement path calibration value and with a set play. The invention also relates to a brake disc assembly provided with a brake disc that, when mounted on the cams of the hub, can be displaced between stops.