Disc brake, brake caliper, method for casting brake caliper, brake carrier, and method for casting brake carrier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024102523-A1
Application number	US-202118266415-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	Dec 18, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a disc brake including a brake caliper. The brake caliper has a first bridge part positioned on a first pin disposition part side and on which a sprue mark formed at the time of casting a caliper main body part is provided, and a second bridge part positioned on a second pin disposition part side. The brake caliper has a shape in which a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the first bridge part side is larger than a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the second bridge part side when the caliper main body part is divided by a straight line that bisects a line segment connecting a center of the first pin disposition part and a center of the second pin disposition part when viewed from an axial direction of a disc.

First claim

1 . A disc brake comprising:
a brake carrier fixed to a non-rotating portion of a vehicle and provided across an outer circumferential side of a disc; a first friction pad provided to be movable in the brake carrier and disposed to face one surface of the disc in an axial direction; a second friction pad provided to be movable in the brake carrier and disposed to face the other surface of the disc in the axial direction; and a brake caliper, which is a brake caliper in which a piston pressing the first friction pad is accommodated in the axial direction of the disc, including a first slide pin, a second slide pin, and a caliper main body part supported by the brake carrier via the first slide pin and the second slide pin, wherein the caliper main body part includes: a cylinder part having a cylinder hole in which the piston is accommodated; a first pin disposition part provided on one end side of the cylinder part in a circumferential direction of the disc and having the first slide pin provided in the axial direction of the disc; a second pin disposition part provided on the other end side of the cylinder part in the circumferential direction of the disc and having the second slide pin provided in the axial direction of the disc; a first bridge part provided across an outer circumferential side of the disc, positioned on the first pin disposition part side in the circumferential direction of the disc, and on which a sprue mark formed at the time of casting the caliper main body part is provided; and a second bridge part provided across an outer circumferential side of the disc and positioned on the second pin disposition part side in the circumferential direction of the disc, and has a shape in which a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the first bridge part side is larger than a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the second bridge part side when the caliper main body part is divided by a straight line that bisects a line segment connecting a center of the first pin disposition part and a center of the second pin disposition part when viewed from the axial direction of the disc.

2 . The disc brake according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of the moment of inertia of area is a direction in which the caliper main body part elastically deforms in the axial direction of the disc.

3 . The disc brake according to claim 2 , wherein
the first bridge part is a section between an opening end portion of the cylinder hole facing the first friction pad and a pressing part of the second friction pad in the axial direction of the disc, the second bridge part is the section, and the moment of inertia of area is obtained from a cross section of the section.

4 . The disc brake according to claim 3 , wherein the first bridge part includes a rib protruding in a direction away from the first friction pad in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the disc.

5 . The disc brake according to claim 3 , wherein the second bridge part includes a cast-out part on a side in a direction toward the first friction pad in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the disc.

6 .- 7 . (canceled)

8 . A brake caliper, which is a brake caliper pressing a friction pad to a disc, comprising:
a first slide pin; a second slide pin; and a caliper main body part, wherein the caliper main body part includes: a cylinder part having a cylinder hole in which a piston is accommodated; a first pin disposition part provided on one end side of the cylinder part in a circumferential direction of the disc and having the first slide pin provided in an axial direction of the disc; a second pin disposition part provided on the other end side of the cylinder part in the circumferential direction of the disc and having the second slide pin provided in the axial direction of the disc; a first bridge part provided across an outer circumferential side of the disc, positioned on the first pin disposition part side in the circumferential direction of the disc, and on which a sprue mark formed at the time of casting the caliper main body part is provided; and a second bridge part provided across an outer circumferential side of the disc and positioned on the second pin disposition part side in the circumferential direction of the disc, and has a shape in which a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the first bridge part side is larger than a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the second bridge part side when the caliper main body part is divided by a straight line that bisects a line segment connecting a center of the first pin disposition part and a center of the second pin disposition part when viewed from the axial direction of the disc.

9 .- 11 . (canceled)

12 . A disc brake comprising:
a brake caliper including: a first friction pad disposed to face one surface of a disc in an axial direction; a second friction pad disposed to face the other surface of the disc in the axial direction; and a caliper main body part in which a first slide pin, a second slide pin, and a piston which presses the first friction pad are accommodated in the axial direction of the disc, wherein the caliper main body part has: a cylinder part having a cylinder hole in which the piston is accommodated; a first pin disposition part provided on one end side of the cylinder part in a circumferential direction of the disc and having the first slide pin provided in the axial direction of the disc; and a second pin disposition part provided on the other end side of the cylinder part in the circumferential direction of the disc and having the second slide pin provided in the axial direction of the disc; and a brake carrier, which is a brake carrier having the first friction pad and the second friction pad to be movable, fixed to a non-rotating portion of a vehicle, and provided across an outer circumferential side of the disc, including: a first fixing part provided to face the one surface and configured to fix the brake carrier to the non-rotating portion of the vehicle; a second fixing part provided to face the one surface and configured to fix the brake carrier to the non-rotating portion of the vehicle; a first connection part extending in a direction of the first pin disposition part from the first fixing part in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the disc and on which a sprue mark formed at the time of casting the brake carrier is provided; and a second connection part extending in a direction of the second pin disposition part from the second fixing part in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the disc, and having a shape in which a moment of inertia of area of the first connection part is larger than a moment of inertia of area of the second connection part.

13 . The disc brake according to claim 12 , wherein a direction of the moment of inertia of area is a direction in which the brake carrier elastically deforms in a rotation direction of the disc when the vehicle travels forward.

14 . The disc brake according to claim 13 , wherein
the brake carrier includes a beam part connecting the first fixing part and the second fixing part, the first connection part is positioned in a first section on an outer side of the beam part and on an inner side of the first pin disposition part in a radial direction of the disc, the second connection part is positioned in a second section on an outer side of the beam part and on an inner side of the second pin disposition part in the radial direction of the disc, and the moment of inertia of area of the first connection part is obtained from a cross section of the

Assignees

• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Osada Takahito
• Kono Kimiyasu

Classifications

• F16D65/0068 Primary

  Brake calipers · CPC title

• F16D65/02

  Braking members; Mounting thereof (friction linings or attachment thereof F16D69/00) · CPC title

• F16D2065/13

  Parts or details of discs or drums · CPC title

• F16D2250/0007

  Casting · CPC title

• B22C9/22 Primary

  Moulds for peculiarly-shaped castings · CPC title