CN216241956U - Mounting structure and stopper of brake block and pincers body - Google Patents

Mounting structure and stopper of brake block and pincers body Download PDF

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CN216241956U
CN216241956U CN202122871463.3U CN202122871463U CN216241956U CN 216241956 U CN216241956 U CN 216241956U CN 202122871463 U CN202122871463 U CN 202122871463U CN 216241956 U CN216241956 U CN 216241956U
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The utility model provides a mounting structure of a brake block and a caliper body and a brake, and belongs to the technical field of brakes. The brake block solves the problems that the installation stability of the brake block on the caliper body in the existing brake is poor and the like. This mounting structure of brake pad and pincers body, the installation department including the backplate of brake pad and the pincers body, the locating surface has on the installation department, the back of backplate is pasted and is leaned on in the locating surface, be connected with the elastic pressing strip on the top surface of backplate, the top fixedly connected with clamp plate of installation department, at least, have one set up and to the left incline of left incline and one set up and to the right incline on the installation department, have on the backplate and correspond the left incline fitting surface that sets up and correspond the right incline fitting surface that sets up with the left incline, the clamp plate supports to make the left incline fitting surface keep supporting and lean on in the left incline and the right incline fitting surface keeps supporting and leaning on in the right incline on the elastic pressing strip. The mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body can improve the mounting stability of the brake block on the caliper body.

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Mounting structure and stopper of brake block and pincers body
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of brakes, and relates to a mounting structure of a brake block and a caliper body and a brake.
Background
The braking system is a system that forcibly reduces the movement speed of the sporting goods. On vehicles, braking is usually performed by a brake, which includes a disc brake, also called a disc brake, a drum brake, also called a drum brake, and the like. The floating caliper disc brake is widely applied to automobiles due to the advantages of fast heat dissipation, light weight and the like. The floating caliper type disc brake comprises a transmission mechanism, a bracket and a caliper body arranged on the bracket, wherein a sliding pin is arranged on the bracket and penetrates through a sliding pin hole on the caliper body, and the transmission mechanism is connected with a brake block arranged on the caliper body.
As disclosed in chinese patent literature, a floating air-pressure caliper disc brake without a bracket [ application number: CN 201110192286.4; publication number: CN 102252048A ]: comprises an installation plate, a clamp body, two guide pins, a screw, a brake block, a pressure spring and a pressure plate. A window is arranged in the middle of the clamp body, and the X surface and the Y surface of the window are surfaces for supporting and guiding the supporting block. The brake block comprises a back plate and friction plates, wherein two sides of the top of the back plate are provided with protruding hangers, the lower surfaces of the hangers are attached to the X surface of the clamp body window, and two side surfaces, located below the hangers, of the back plate are respectively attached to the Y surface of the clamp body window.
During the installation brake pads, in order to insert the brake pads smoothly between two Y faces, avoid taking place the interference and interfere, often adopt clearance fit between the side of backplate and the Y face, because machining error's existence, the fit-up gap has big or small, can lead to the backplate to take place to rock in the left and right directions when the fit-up gap is great, leads to brake pads installation stability variation.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide a mounting structure of a brake block and a caliper body and a brake aiming at the problems in the prior art, and solves the technical problem of improving the mounting stability of the brake block on the caliper body.
The purpose of the utility model can be realized by the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a mounting structure of brake block and pincers body, includes the backplate of brake block and the installation department of the pincers body, the locating surface has on the installation department, the back of backplate is pasted and is leaned on in the locating surface, be connected with the elastic pressing strip on the top surface of backplate, the top fixedly connected with clamp plate of installation department, a right-hand member that sets up and right-hand member that sets up has one at least on the installation department and sets up and right-hand member that sets up with left-hand member, have on the backplate and correspond the left-hand member fitting surface that sets up and correspond the right-hand member fitting surface that sets up with right-hand member fitting surface, the clamp plate supports to make left-hand member fitting surface keep leaning on to lean on in left-hand member and right-hand member fitting surface keep leaning on right-hand member fitting surface by elastic pressing strip.
When the brake block is installed on the caliper body, the back plate is attached to the installation part, the back surface of the back plate is attached to the positioning surface of the installation part, the left inclined matching surface of the back plate is attached to the left inclined surface, the right inclined matching surface of the back plate is attached to the right inclined surface, the pressing plate is fixedly connected to the caliper body, the pressing plate is attached to the elastic pressing strip, the left inclined matching surface is kept attached to the left inclined surface, the right inclined matching surface is kept attached to the right inclined surface, and the positioning installation of the brake block in the up-down direction, the left-right direction and the front-back direction on the caliper body is achieved. In the pressing process of the pressing plate, the left inclined surface is arranged upwards and inclines leftwards, and the right inclined surface is arranged upwards and inclines rightwards, so that the left inclined surface and the left inclined matching surface are matched with each other, the right inclined surface and the right inclined matching surface are matched with each other to generate a wedging effect, an assembly gap generated by machining errors can be automatically eliminated, tight attachment is realized, stable fixation in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction is realized, and left-right shaking is avoided. Therefore, the mounting structure of the brake pad and the caliper body can improve the mounting stability of the brake pad on the caliper body.
In the above mounting structure of the brake pad and the caliper body, the positioning surface is provided with two positioning grooves, the left-inclined surface is disposed on a groove wall surface of one of the positioning grooves, the right-inclined surface is disposed on a groove wall surface of the other positioning groove, the back surface of the back plate is provided with two protruding positioning portions, the left-inclined mating surface is disposed on one of the positioning portions, the right-inclined mating surface is disposed on the other positioning portion, and the two positioning portions are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves. Therefore, the force can be dispersed, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
In the above mounting structure of the brake pad and the caliper body, the positioning surfaces are provided with two protruding positioning portions, the left-inclined surface is disposed on one of the positioning portions, the right-inclined surface is disposed on the other positioning portion, the back surface of the back plate is provided with two positioning grooves, the left-inclined mating surface is disposed on the groove wall surface of one of the positioning grooves, the right-inclined mating surface is disposed on the groove wall surface of the other positioning groove, and the two positioning portions are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves. Therefore, the force can be dispersed, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
In the above-mentioned mounting structure of the brake pad and the caliper body, the two positioning grooves are symmetrically arranged about the center line of the back plate. Therefore, the stress of the brake block can be uniform, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
In the mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body, the positioning groove is triangular, one side of the positioning groove, which is far away from the center line of the back plate, penetrates through the side surface of the back plate and forms an opening, and one side of the positioning part, which is far away from the center line of the back plate, extends out of the opening. The arrangement can increase the structural strength of the positioning part, and is favorable for stably mounting the brake block on the caliper body.
In the above-described mounting structure of the brake pad and the caliper body, the two positioning portions are provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the back plate. Therefore, the stress of the brake block can be uniform, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
In the mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body, the two positioning parts and the two positioning grooves are both in a long strip shape. Therefore, the stress can be better dispersed, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
In the mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body, one sides of the two positioning parts, which are close to each other, are integrally connected, and one sides of the two positioning grooves, which are close to each other, are integrally connected. Therefore, the structural strength of the positioning part can be increased, and the brake block can be stably installed on the caliper body.
A brake, including brake pad and pincers body, characterized in that, set up the mounting structure as above between the pincers body and the brake pad. Because the left-inclined surface is upwards arranged and inclines leftwards, and the right-inclined surface is upwards arranged and inclines rightwards, the left-inclined surface and the left-inclined matching surface and the right-inclined matching surface are matched to generate a wedging effect, an assembly gap generated by machining errors can be automatically eliminated, tight attachment is realized, stable fixation in the up-down direction and the left-right direction is realized, and left-right shaking is avoided. Therefore, the brake improves the installation stability of the brake block on the caliper body.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:
the clamp body installation part is provided with an upward left inclined surface and an upward right inclined surface, the back plate is provided with a left inclined matching surface corresponding to the left inclined surface and a right inclined matching surface corresponding to the right inclined surface, the pressing plate is abutted against the elastic pressing strip to enable the left inclined matching surface to be abutted against the left inclined surface and the right inclined matching surface to be abutted against the right inclined surface, an assembly gap caused by machining errors is eliminated, and the installation stability of the brake block on the clamp body is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the brake;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a brake block and caliper body mounting structure of the first embodiment of the brake;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the brake pad and caliper body mounting structure in the first brake embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a brake pad and caliper body mounting structure of a second embodiment of the brake;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the brake pad and caliper body mounting structure in the second brake embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a brake pad and caliper body mounting structure in a third embodiment of the brake.
In the figure, 1, a clamp body; 1a, an installation part; 1a1, a positioning surface; 1a2, left incline; 1a3, right slope; 1a4, positioning groove; 1b, a transmission part; 1c, a bridge; 1d, mounting ports; 2. a brake pad; 2 a; a back plate; 2a1, left-leaning mating surface; 2a2, right-angled mating surface; 2a3, bumps; 2a4, positioning part; 2a5, opening; 2b, friction plates; 2c, elastic pressing strips; 3. a pair of brake pads; 4. pressing a plate; 5. a bracket.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and are further described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
Example one
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a brake includes a caliper body 1 that can be placed across a brake disc, a brake pad 2 for braking in cooperation with an outer side surface of the brake disc, a counterpart brake pad 3 for braking in cooperation with an inner side surface of the brake disc, and a bracket 5. The caliper body 1 includes a mounting portion 1a for mounting the brake pad 2, a transmission portion 1b connected to the bracket 5, and a bridge portion 1c between the mounting portion 1a and the transmission portion 1 b. The mounting portion 1a and the transmission portion 1b are located inside and outside the brake disc, respectively, and the bridge portion 1c is located on the outer peripheral side of the brake disc. The brake pad 2 includes a backing plate 2a and a friction plate 2b, and the friction plate 2b can be brought into contact with a brake disc to perform braking. A transmission mechanism is arranged in the transmission part 1b, the paired brake blocks 3 are connected with the transmission mechanism and arranged in the bracket 5, and the bracket 5 is connected with the transmission part 1b in a sliding way. A sliding pin is fixedly connected in the pin hole of the bracket 5, a sliding pin hole is arranged on the transmission part 1b, and the sliding pin penetrates through the sliding pin hole. The bridge portion 1c has a mounting opening 1d formed in the top surface thereof, and the brake pad 2 and the counter brake pad 3 can be inserted into and removed from the mounting opening 1 d.
A mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body is arranged between the brake block 2 and the caliper body 1, and comprises a back plate 2a of the brake block 2 and a mounting part 1a of the caliper body 1. The top surface of the back plate 2a is connected with an elastic pressing strip 2c, the top surface of the back plate 2a is provided with a convex bulge 2a3, two bulges 2a3 are symmetrically arranged about the center line of the back plate 2a, two ends of the elastic pressing strip 2c are respectively fixed on the two bulges 2a3, and the elastic pressing strip 2c is arched towards the direction away from the top surface of the back plate 2 a. The top fixedly connected with detachable clamp plate 4 of installation department 1a, clamp plate 4 are located the top of elastic pressing strip 2c and support and lean on the top surface of elastic pressing strip 2 c. One end of the pressure plate 4 is inserted on the transmission part 1b, and the other end of the pressure plate 4 is fixedly connected on the top surface of the mounting part 1a through a bolt; or the two ends of the pressure plate 4 are fixedly connected to the transmission part 1b and the mounting part 1a through bolts respectively.
The mounting portion 1a has a positioning surface 1a1, and the back surface of the back plate 2a abuts against the positioning surface 1a 1. Two positioning grooves 1a4 are formed in the positioning surface 1a1, the positioning grooves 1a4 are long, and the two positioning grooves 1a4 are symmetrically arranged on the positioning surface 1a1 to form a splayed structure. The positioning groove 1a4 is positioned on the left side, and the groove wall surface of the positioning groove 1a4 is provided with a left inclined surface 1a2 which is arranged upwards and inclines leftwards; the positioning groove 1a4 on the right side has a right inclined surface 1a3 inclined to the right and disposed upward on the groove wall surface of the positioning groove 1a 4. Two protruding positioning portions 2a4 are provided on the back surface of the back plate 2a, and the positioning portions 2a4 are long and provided corresponding to the positioning grooves 1a 4. The two positioning portions 2a4 are symmetrically disposed about the center line of the back plate 2a, and the two positioning portions 2a4 constitute a figure-of-eight structure on the back surface of the back plate 2 a. On the positioning part 2a4 on the left side, a left inclined mating surface 2a1 corresponding to the left inclined surface 1a2 is provided on the side surface of the positioning part 2a 4; on the positioner 2a4 located on the right side, a right inclined engagement surface 2a2 corresponding to the right inclined surface 1a3 is provided on the side surface of the positioner 2a 4. The two positioning parts 2a4 are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves 1a4, the pressure plate 4 abuts against the elastic pressing strip 2c, so that the left inclined matching surface 2a1 is kept abutted against the left inclined surface 1a2, and the right inclined matching surface 2a2 is kept abutted against the right inclined surface 1a 3.
When the brake block 2 is installed, the brake block 2 and the matched brake block 3 are firstly inserted through the installation opening 1d at the top of the caliper body 1, then the brake block 2 is moved to enable the positioning part 2a4 to be embedded into the corresponding positioning groove 1a4, the back surface of the back plate 2a is abutted against the positioning surface 1a1 of the installation part 1a, the matched brake block 3 is installed in the bracket 5, the pressure plate 4 is fixedly connected to the top of the caliper body 1, under the action of the pressure plate 4, the left inclined matching surface 2a1 is kept abutted against the left inclined surface 1a2, and the right inclined matching surface 2a2 is kept abutted against the right inclined surface 1a3, so that the brake block 2 is positioned and installed on the caliper body 1 in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction and the front-back direction. In the process that the clamp plate 4 compresses tightly, because the left incline face 1a2 sets up and inclines to the left, the right incline face 1a3 sets up and inclines to the right upwards, make the cooperation of left incline face 1a2 and left incline fitting surface 2a1 and right incline face 1a3 and right incline fitting surface 2a2 produce the wedging effect, can eliminate the fit-up gap that machining error produced automatically, realize closely leaning on, thereby realize the stable fixation of upper and lower direction and left and right sides, avoid taking place and rock about. Therefore, the mounting structure of the brake pad 2 and the caliper 1 in the brake can improve the mounting stability of the brake pad 2 on the caliper 1.
Example two
As shown in fig. 4 to 5, two protruding positioning portions 2a4 are provided on the positioning surface 1a1, and the two positioning portions 2a4 are triangular and symmetrically provided on the positioning surface 1a 1. A positioning part 2a4 on the left side, wherein the side surface of the positioning part 2a4 is provided with a right inclined surface 1a3 which is arranged upwards and is inclined to the right; on the positioner 2a4 located on the right side, the positioner 2a4 has a left inclined surface 1a2 inclined to the left on the side surface. Two positioning grooves 1a4 are formed on the back surface of the back plate 2a, and the two positioning grooves 1a4 are symmetrically arranged about the center line of the back plate 2 a. The positioning groove 1a4 is triangular, the side of the positioning groove 1a4 away from the centerline of the back plate 2a penetrates the side of the back plate 2a and forms an opening 2a5, and the side of the positioning part 2a4 away from the centerline of the back plate 2a extends out of the opening 2a 5. The positioning groove 1a4 is positioned on the left side, and the groove wall surface of the positioning groove 1a4 is provided with a right inclined matching surface 2a2 corresponding to the right inclined surface 1a 3; on the positioning groove 1a4 located on the right side, the groove wall surface of the positioning groove 1a4 has a left inclined mating surface 2a1 corresponding to the left inclined surface 1a 2. The two positioning parts 2a4 are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves 1a4, the pressure plate 4 abuts against the elastic pressing strip 2c, so that the left inclined matching surface 2a1 is kept abutted against the left inclined surface 1a2, and the right inclined matching surface 2a2 is kept abutted against the right inclined surface 1a 3. The other structure is the same as the first embodiment.
EXAMPLE III
As shown in fig. 6, in the first embodiment, the sides of the two positioning portions 2a4 adjacent to each other are integrally connected, and the sides of the two positioning grooves 1a4 adjacent to each other are integrally connected.
Example four
In addition to the first embodiment, several more positioners 2a4 may be provided on the back surface of the back plate 2a, for example, four positioners 2a4, four positioners 2a4 arranged in a diamond structure, or two splayed arrangements may be provided.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the utility model. Various modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiments or alternatives may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or ambit of the utility model as defined in the appended claims.

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1. The utility model provides a mounting structure of brake block and pincers body, includes backplate (2a) of brake block (2) and installation department (1a) of pincers body (1), locating surface (1a1) have on installation department (1a), the back of backplate (2a) is pasted and is leaned on locating surface (1a1), be connected with elastic layering (2c) on the top surface of backplate (2a), the top fixedly connected with clamp plate (4) of installation department (1a), characterized in that, at least, have one on installation department (1a) and set up and left-inclined face (1a2) and one up and set up and right-inclined face (1a3), have on backplate (2a) with left-inclined face (1a2) correspond left-inclined fitting surface (2a1) that sets up and correspond right-inclined fitting surface (2a2) that sets up with right-inclined face (1a3), clamp plate (4) lean on leaning on elastic layering (2c) make left-inclined fitting surface (2a1) keep leaning on left-inclined fitting surface (2a) and lean on the left-inclined fitting surface (2a1) and lean on The inclined surface (1a2) and the right inclined matching surface (2a2) are kept against the right inclined surface (1a 3).
2. The mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body according to claim 1, wherein the positioning surface (1a1) is provided with two positioning grooves (1a4), the left inclined surface (1a2) is provided on the groove wall surface of one positioning groove (1a4), the right inclined surface (1a3) is provided on the groove wall surface of the other positioning groove (1a4), the back surface of the back plate (2a) is provided with two positioning parts (2a4) which protrude, the left inclined surface (2a1) is provided on one positioning part (2a4), the right inclined surface (2a2) is provided on the other positioning part (2a4), and the two positioning parts (2a4) are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves (1a 4).
3. The mounting structure of the brake block and the caliper body according to claim 1, wherein the positioning surface (1a1) is provided with two protruding positioning portions (2a4), the left inclined surface (1a2) is provided on one of the positioning portions (2a4), the right inclined surface (1a3) is provided on the other positioning portion (2a4), the back surface of the back plate (2a) is provided with two positioning grooves (1a4), the left inclined mating surface (2a1) is provided on the groove wall surface of one of the positioning grooves (1a4), the right inclined mating surface (2a2) is provided on the groove wall surface of the other positioning groove (1a4), and the two positioning portions (2a4) are correspondingly embedded into the two positioning grooves (1a 4).
4. The mounting structure of brake pads and caliper bodies according to claim 3, wherein the two positioning grooves (1a4) are symmetrically arranged about the center line of the back plate (2 a).
5. The mounting structure of brake pads and caliper bodies according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the positioning groove (1a4) is triangular, the side of the positioning groove (1a4) away from the center line of the back plate (2a) penetrates the side of the back plate (2a) and forms an opening (2a5), and the side of the positioning part (2a4) away from the center line of the back plate (2a) extends out of the opening (2a 5).
6. The mounting structure of brake pads and caliper bodies according to claim 2, wherein the two positioning portions (2a4) are symmetrically disposed about the center line of the backing plate (2 a).
7. A mounting structure of a brake pad and caliper body according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 6, characterized in that both the positioning portions (2a4) and both positioning grooves (1a4) are elongated.
8. The mounting structure of a brake pad and caliper body according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 6, wherein the sides of the two positioning portions (2a4) adjacent to each other are integrally connected, and the sides of the two positioning grooves (1a4) adjacent to each other are integrally connected.
9. A brake comprising a brake pad (2) and a caliper body (1), characterized in that a mounting arrangement according to any of claims 1-8 is provided between the brake pad (2) and the caliper body (1).
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