IP Library Granted Patent US 11,773,933
Granted Patent B2
US 11,773,933 · App. 17/273,819 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Composite brake disc for a vehicle disc brake

Inventors: Frank Hollstein (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Ralph Weller (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Andres Valencia Blazquez (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
F16D65/123F16D65/125F16D2065/1316F16D2065/1328F16D2065/1392F16D2200/0021
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Patent No.
US 11,773,933
App. No.
17/273,819
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite brake disk for a vehicle disk brake, including a brake disk pot which is formed from a first material and is connected to a friction ring made of a different material, wherein the pot shell and a circular-cylindrical collar formed on the friction ring overlap in some regions in the radial direction in a connecting region and are penetrated by a plurality of connecting elements oriented substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the composite brake disk is suitable for transmitting high mechanical and thermal loads in all operating states, while being simple to manufacture, and can also be formed with a particularly thin pot base and, for this purpose, enables the collar to engage radially on the outside around the pot shell in the connecting region.

Claims (21)

1. A composite brake disk for a vehicle disk brake, comprising:

a brake disk pot formed from a first material, and

a friction ring, which is formed from a different material and is connected to the brake disk pot,

wherein the brake disk pot has a pot base extending in a radial direction with respect to an axis of rotation, and a circular-cylindrical pot shell extending from the pot base concentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the friction ring has at least two friction surfaces oriented in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, and a circular-cylindrical collar pre-stretched axially in a direction of the brake disk pot concentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, and wherein the pot shell and the collar overlap in some regions in the radial direction in a connecting region and are penetrated by a plurality of connecting elements oriented substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the collar engages radially on the outside around the pot shell in the connecting region, and

wherein the brake disk pot, in a transition region between the pot base and the pot shell, has a solid, encircling shoulder which is pre-stretched radially outward and, in the radial and axial directions, has a shoulder thickness that is at least twice a base thickness of the pot base.

2. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shoulder forms an axial stop for the collar.

3. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting region has a clearance fit in the radial direction.

4. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting elements are designed as rivets.

5. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting elements are designed as screw elements.

6. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the collar and the pot shell have respective mutually aligned apertures in the connecting region for penetration by the connecting elements.

7. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the brake disk pot is formed from a steel material.

8. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the friction ring is perforated by a plurality of channels extending in the axial and/or radial direction.

9. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the brake disk pot is formed from a rust-resistant steel material.

10. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the brake disk pot is formed from a high-alloy steel material.

11. The composite brake disk as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the collar and the pot shell have respective mutually aligned bores in the connecting region for penetration by the connecting elements.

12. A composite brake disk for a vehicle disk brake, comprising:

a brake disk pot formed from a first material, and

a friction ring, which is formed from a different material and is connected to the brake disk pot,

wherein the brake disk pot has a pot base extending in a radial direction with respect to an axis of rotation, and a circular-cylindrical pot shell extending from the pot base concentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the friction ring has at least two friction surfaces oriented in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, and a circular-cylindrical collar pre-stretched axially in a direction of the brake disk pot concentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, and wherein the pot shell and the collar overlap in some regions in the radial direction in a connecting region and are penetrated by a plurality of connecting elements oriented substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the collar engages radially on the outside around the pot shell in the connecting region,

wherein an encircling bead which is pre-stretched axially in the direction of the friction ring is formed on the pot base, and axial connecting bores for penetration of wheel screws or wheel bolts are arranged in the region of the bead, and

wherein the encircling bead forms an increased thickness relative to the base thickness in a region of the axial connecting bores.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 068794/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2021
From: HOLLSTEIN, FRANK; WELLER, RALPH; VALENCIA BLAZQUEZ, ANDRES
To: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
Reel/Frame 056413/0141 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 215 297.7 · Sep 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210341024A1 · Nov 4, 2021
Cited By (1)
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