Brake assembly shield and scraper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10591003-B2
Application number	US-201715625023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2017
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A brake assembly for a wheel on a vehicle includes a brake disc, a caliper assembly operably coupled to the brake disc, a brake line fluidly coupled to the caliper assembly, and a brake shield positioned adjacent a portion of the caliper assembly. The brake shield includes a first arm positioned on a first side of a portion of the brake disc and a second arm positioned on a second side of the portion of the brake disc. The brake disc further includes a recess configured to receive a portion of the brake line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A brake assembly for a wheel on a vehicle,
comprising:
a brake disc;
a caliper assembly operably coupled to the brake disc;
a brake line fluidly coupled to the caliper assembly; and
a brake shield positioned adjacent a portion of the caliper assembly and including a first arm positioned on a first side of a portion of the brake disc and a second arm positioned on a second side of the portion of the brake disc, and the brake shield being configured to conceal a portion of the brake line at least from a top view.

2. The brake assembly of claim 1 , further comprising brake pads operably coupled to the brake line, and the first and second arms of the brake shield are positioned upstream of the brake pads in a forward rotation direction of the wheel.

3. The brake assembly of claim 2 , wherein the first and second arms are configured to remove mud from the brake disc.

4. The brake assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brake shield is positioned upstream of the caliper assembly in a forward rotation direction of the wheel.

5. The brake assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brake shield includes a plurality of parallel projections extending radially outward relative to the caliper assembly.

6. The brake assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brake shield is integral with a caliper carrier of the caliper assembly.

7. The brake assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brake shield is removably coupled to the caliper assembly.

8. A brake assembly for a wheel, comprising:
a brake disc;
a caliper assembly operably coupled to the brake disc and including a caliper carrier portion and a brake pad portion;
a brake line fluidly coupled to the brake disc and configured to move the brake pad portion of the caliper assembly relative to the brake disc; and
a brake shield positioned adjacent a portion of the caliper assembly and including a plurality of projections extending radially outward from an outer surface of the brake shield, and at least one of the projections is angled relative to a rotational plane of the wheel, wherein an upstream end of each projection is positioned outwardly from a corresponding downstream end of the projection in a direction of forward wheel rotation.

9. The brake assembly of claim 8 , wherein the at least one projection is generally parallel to an axis of rotation of the wheel.

10. The brake assembly of claim 8 , wherein the at least one projection is angled relative to an axis of rotation of the wheel.

11. The brake assembly of claim 8 , wherein each of the projections is parallel to each other at an outer portion of the brake shield.

12. The brake assembly of claim 8 , wherein the brake line is positioned within a portion of the brake shield.

13. A utility vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground-engaging members including at least one front ground-engaging member and at least one rear ground-engaging member, and each of the plurality of ground-engaging members includes a rim;
a frame supported by the plurality of ground-engaging members;
a powertrain assembly configured to provide motive power to at least a portion of the plurality of ground-engaging members;
a brake assembly operably coupled to the at least one front ground-engaging member and including a brake disc, a caliper assembly, a brake line fluidly coupled to the caliper assembly, and a brake shield coupled to the caliper assembly and having a scraping surface configured to remove accumulations of debris from the brake disc and the rim, wherein the scraping device includes at least a portion arranged radially outward from the brake disc and at least a portion is arranged on a side of the brake disc.

14. The utility vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the brake line is positioned within a portion of the brake shield.

15. The utility vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the scraping surface is defined by a plurality of projections extending radially outward relative to the caliper assembly and the projections are angled relative to a rotational plane of the at least one front ground-engaging member.

16. The utility vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of projections are parallel to each other and are configured to remove accumulations from the rim.

17. The utility vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the brake shield is positioned upstream of the caliper assembly in a forward rotation direction of the at least one front ground-engaging member.

18. The utility vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the brake shield is integral with a caliper carrier of the caliper assembly.

19. The utility vehicle of claim 13 , further comprising a second brake assembly operably coupled to the at least one rear ground-engaging member and including a brake disc, a caliper assembly operably coupled to the brake disc, a brake line fluidly coupled to the caliper assembly, and a brake line shield configured to receive a portion of the brake line adjacent the brake disc.

Assignees

• Polaris Inc

Inventors

• Mansfield R Marcus
• Schneider Michael D

Classifications

• B60S1/68

  for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter, e.g. wheel scrapers · CPC title

• B62D21/183

  specially adapted for sports vehicles, e.g. race, dune buggies, go-karts (tubular skeleton B62D23/005) · CPC title

• F16D65/0068 Primary

  Brake calipers · CPC title

• F16D2055/0037

  Protective covers · CPC title

• F16D65/0081 Primary

  Brake covers · CPC title