IP Library Granted Patent US 11,466,741
Granted Patent B2
US 11,466,741 · App. 16/648,361 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Disc brake having an actuation device

Inventors: Ralf Grosskopf (Lobach, DE); Paul Henning (Schwetzingen, DE); Wieslaw Strzala (Byczyna, PL)
Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
F16D65/52F16D2250/0084
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,466,741
App. No.
16/648,361
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustment device for a disc brake is operable for adjusting brake pads to compensate wear. The adjustment device includes a guide sleeve in which a wrap spring is arranged a groove ring surrounding the guide sleeve and coupled to a closure cap via a torsion spring, and an opening ring surrounding the groove ring.

Claims (25)

1. An adjustment device ( 20 ) for a disc brake ( 200 ) for adjusting brake pads to compensate for wear, comprising:

a guide sleeve ( 3 ), in which a wrap spring ( 4 ) is arranged,

a groove ring ( 5 ) surrounding the guide sleeve ( 3 ), wherein the groove ring ( 5 ) is coupled to a closure cap ( 6 ) via a torsion spring ( 7 ),

an opening ring ( 50 ) surrounding the groove ring ( 5 ), and an intermediate ring ( 1 ) for overcoming a play S between the guide sleeve ( 3 ) and the wrap spring ( 4 );

wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) is separate piece relative to the guide sleeve ( 3 ) and the opening ring ( 50 ).

2. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) has a lug ( 11 ) for supporting the wrap spring ( 4 ) in the circumferential direction.

3. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) has at least one stop ( 9 ) against twisting of the groove ring ( 5 ) in the circumferential direction.

4. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) has at least one delimiter ( 10 , 10 a ) for preventing a movement of the opening ring ( 50 ) in the axial direction.

5. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) consists of a single cohesive molding or an open molding.

6. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide sleeve ( 3 ) has an axial end ( 23 ) opposite the closure cap ( 6 ) with a circumferentially extending flange ( 15 ), on which the intermediate ring ( 1 ) rests.

7. The adjustment device ( 20 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) has an inner face ( 36 ) connected to the guide sleeve ( 3 ) via a weld connection.

8. An adjustment device ( 20 ) for a disc brake ( 200 ) for adjusting brake pads to compensate for wear, comprising:

a guide sleeve ( 3 ), in which a wrap spring ( 4 ) is arranged,

a groove ring ( 5 ) surrounding the guide sleeve ( 3 ), wherein the groove ring ( 5 ) is coupled to a closure cap ( 6 ) via a torsion spring ( 7 ),

an opening ring ( 50 ) surrounding the groove ring ( 5 ), and an intermediate ring ( 1 ) for overcoming a play S between the guide sleeve ( 3 ) and the wrap spring ( 4 ),

wherein the intermediate ring ( 1 ) has an inner face ( 36 ), wherein the inner face ( 36 ) has at least one protrusion ( 12 , 12 a , 12 b , 12 c ) for radially affixing the intermediate ring ( 1 ) to the guide sleeve ( 3 ).

9. A method for arranging an intermediate ring ( 3 ) on a guide sleeve ( 3 ), comprising the following steps:

placing a wrap spring ( 4 ) in a guide sleeve ( 3 );

placing an intermediate ring ( 1 ) on the guide sleeve ( 3 ), the intermediate ring ( 1 ) having an inner face ( 36 ) with at least one protrusion ( 12 , 12 a , 12 b , 12 c ); placing a groove ring ( 5 ) on the guide sleeve ( 3 ),

introducing a lug ( 11 ) of the intermediate ring ( 1 ) into a U-shaped elevation ( 24 ) on the wrap spring ( 4 ),

tightening the intermediate ring ( 1 ) in the circumferential direction and closing a gap (S) between the guide sleeve ( 3 ) and the wrap spring ( 4 ), and

further comprising at least one of the following three steps:

pressing the at least one protrusion ( 12 , 12 a , 12 b , 12 c ) into a hole ( 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ) on the guide sleeve ( 3 );

axially supporting the intermediate ring ( 1 ) on a flange ( 15 ) of the guide sleeve ( 3 ); and

welding the intermediate ring ( 1 ) to the guide sleeve ( 3 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: WABCO EUROPE BV
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Reel/Frame 067002/0195 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: GROSSKOPF, RALF; HENNING, PAUL; STRZALA, WIESLAW
To: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
Reel/Frame 052151/0853 →
Continuity (1)
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