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• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D65/12—Discs; Drums for disc brakes
  • F16D65/123—Discs; Drums for disc brakes comprising an annular disc secured to a hub member; Discs characterised by means for mounting
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D65/12—Discs; Drums for disc brakes
  • F16D65/128—Discs; Drums for disc brakes characterised by means for cooling
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D2065/13—Parts or details of discs or drums
  • F16D2065/1304—Structure
  • F16D2065/132—Structure layered
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D2065/13—Parts or details of discs or drums
  • F16D2065/1304—Structure
  • F16D2065/1328—Structure internal cavities, e.g. cooling channels
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D2065/13—Parts or details of discs or drums
  • F16D2065/134—Connection
  • F16D2065/1356—Connection interlocking
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D65/00—Parts or details
  • F16D65/02—Braking members; Mounting thereof
  • F16D2065/13—Parts or details of discs or drums
  • F16D2065/134—Connection
  • F16D2065/1356—Connection interlocking
  • F16D2065/1364—Connection interlocking with relative movement axially
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D2200/00—Materials; Production methods therefor
  • F16D2200/0004—Materials; Production methods therefor metallic
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
  • F16D2250/00—Manufacturing; Assembly
  • F16D2250/0023—Shaping by pressure

Definitions

• the present invention relates to braking devices comprising brake discs suited to vehicles.
• the present invention relates to a brake disc comprising a bell and a braking band coupled together with a toothing.
• the brake caliper is generally arranged straddling the outer peripheral margin of a brake disc, adapted to rotate about a rotation axis (A-A) defining an axial direction (X- X).
• A-A rotation axis
• X- X axial direction
• R-R radial direction
• C-C tangential
• C-C circumferential
• Brake calipers are constrained to a support structure, which remains stationary with respect to the vehicle wheel, such as a stub axle of a vehicle suspension or a vehicle wheel hub or a fork, for example.
• the brake caliper usually comprises a caliper body having two elongated portions arranged so as to face opposite braking surfaces of a brake disc, and at least one bridge connecting said two elongated portions together.
• Suitably actuated calipers press the pads against the braking band and the braking action is produced by the friction between the pads and the braking band of the brake disc.
• Brake discs are known, in which the bell is made of a different material from that of the braking band, and in particular bells made of a deformed and cup-shaped steel sheet and provided with a circumferential toothing to be coupled to the braking band.
• Such brake discs which can be referred to as composite, allow a lower weight, for example, and thus help reduce the weight of the unsprung masses of the related vehicle.
• a brake disc of this type is known, for example, from DE102009012217 and EP2850333A1.
• the braking band and the bell each have teeth, these teeth being in mutual engagement to allow the torque transmission between the braking band and the bell.
• the bell has retaining elements which are directed radially outwards on an upper edge and rest against a corresponding surface of the braking band.
• the braking bands are ventilated in order to dissipate the heat developed during the braking action.
• the braking band toothing is made on the lower edge of the braking band plate facing the vehicle wheel so as to minimize the axial extension of the tubular portion of the bell and facilitate the ingress of cooling air from the central opening of the braking band.
• FIG. 1 shows an axonometric view of a brake disc from the wheel side
• FIG. 1 is an axonometric view of the disc in figure 1 from the vehicle side;
• FIG. 3 shows an axonometric view with parts separated of the braking band and the disc bell in figure 1 from the wheel side;
• FIG. 4 is an axonometric view of a detail of the braking band in figure 3;
• FIG. 5 is an axonometric view of a detail of the bell in figure 3;
• FIG. 6 shows an axonometric view with parts separated of the braking band and the disc bell in figure 1 from the vehicle side;
• FIG. 7 is an axonometric view of a detail of the braking band in figure 6;
• FIG. 8 shows a detail of a section view in a radial and axial plane of the disc in figure 1;
• figure 9 is an enlargement of the coupling between the bell and the braking band in the section view in figure 8.
• a disc brake 1 comprises a braking band 2.
• the bell 2 comprises a bell base 3, e.g., disc-shaped, and a tubular wall 4.
• the tubular wall 4 protrudes axially A-A from said bell base 3.
• Said brake disc 1 further comprises a braking band 5 centrally having a band opening 6.
• the tubular wall 4 of said bell 2 comprises a cup toothing system 7 extending along a circumference outside said tubular wall 4.
• Said cup toothing 7 comprises cup teeth 8 protruding outwards in the radial direction R-R.
• the tubular wall 4 of said bell 2 forms in one piece a cup toothing system 7 extending along a circumference outside said tubular wall 4 and comprising cup teeth 8 protruding outwards in a radial direction R-R.
• Said cup teeth 8 are circumferentially C-C spaced out by an empty cup gap 9, where each empty cup gap 9 is in the circumferential direction C-C between adjacent cup teeth 8.
• the braking band 5 further comprises a ring toothing system 10 having an annular ring body 11 from which ring teeth 12 radially inwardly protruding at the band opening 6 extend.
• the braking band 5 forms in one piece a ring toothing system 10 having an annular ring body 11 from which ring teeth 12 radially inwardly protruding at the band opening 6 extend.
• Said ring teeth 12 are circumferentially C-C spaced out by a ring tooth gap 13, where each ring tooth gap 13 is in the circumferential direction C-C between ring teeth 12.
• cup toothing system 7 and the ring toothing system 10 mutually mesh.
• cup toothing system 7 and the ring toothing system 10 mutually mesh and are intimately coupled together.
• Said braking band 5 is a ventilated braking band comprising a first wheel-side band plate 14 and a second vehicleside band plate 15 mutually facing and spaced apart by a ventilation duct 16 and mutually connected by plate connecting elements 17.
• said annular ring body 11 of said ring toothing system 10 at least partially faces said ventilation duct 16 forming at least one annular channel 18 at the base of said first or second plate 14, 15 delimited by said tubular wall 4 of said bell 2 at least on one side thereof.
• said annular ring body 11 is a single body which is continuous in the circumferential direction C- C.
• said annular ring body 11 is connected to one of said first or second plate 14, 15 by at least one inclined connecting element 19 forming said annular channel 18 at the base of said first or second plate 14, 15.
• said annular ring body 11 is a single body which is continuous in the circumferential direction C- C.
• Said annular ring body 11 is connected to one of said first or second plate 14, 15 by at least one inclined connecting element 19 forming said annular channel 18 at the base of said first or second plate 14, 15.
• said annular ring body 11 is connected to one of said first or second plates 14, 15 by at least one circumferentially continuous inclined connecting element 19.
• said annular ring body 11 comprises a flared ring wall 21 facing said tubular wall 4 of said bell 2.
• said annular ring body 11 comprises a flared ring wall 21 facing said tubular wall 4 of said bell 2 and where said flared ring wall 21 is frustoconical in shape.
• said annular ring body 11 is discontinuously connected to an opposite plate 15, 14 with respect to said first or second plate 14, 15.
• said annular ring body 11 is discontinuously connected to an opposite plate 15, 14 with respect to said first or second plate 14, 15 by a plurality of ring column elements 20 mainly extending in the axial direction A-A.
• said annular ring body 11 is discontinuously connected to an opposite plate 15, 14 with respect to said first or second plate 14, 15 by a plurality of ring column elements 20 mainly extending in the axial direction A-A, where each ring column element connects close to the inner radial end of said opposite plate 15, 14 remaining within said ventilation duct 16.
• said annular ring body 11 is discontinuously connected to an opposite plate 15, 14 with respect to said first or second plate 14, 15 by a plurality of ring column elements 20 mainly extending in the axial direction A-A and where said ring column elements 20 are enlarged at the ends thereof and tapered towards a smaller portion located between said ends.
• said annular ring body 11 is discontinuously connected to an opposite plate 15, 14 with respect to said first or second plate 14, 15 by a plurality of ring column elements 20 mainly extending in the axial direction A-A and where ventilation openings 22 are formed between the ring column elements 20, which put said band opening 6 in communication with said ventilation duct 16.
• At least one of said cup teeth 8 or at least one tubular wall portion 4 of said bell 2 delimiting said empty cup gap 9 comprises at least one radial cup deformation 23 or radial and circumferential cup deformations 24 forming at least one axial abutment 25 which delimits, at least in one direction, the displacement in the axial direction A-A of at least one ring tooth 12.
• At least one of said cup teeth 8 or at least one tubular wall portion 4 of said bell 2 delimiting said empty cup gap 9 comprises at least one pair of radial cup deformations 23 or radial and circumferential cup deformations 24 forming at least two opposing axial abutments 25 which delimit, in opposite directions, the displacement in the axial direction A-A of at least one ring tooth 12.
• said bell 2 is obtained from at least one deformed and shaped sheet metal.

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