Caliper body and brake caliper with said body

Abstract

The present invention relates to a caliper body (1) of a brake caliper (2) of disc brake (3) adapted to be arranged straddling a brake disc (4) to apply a braking action to a vehicle, wherein it comprises: a first elongated vehicle-side element (5) adapted to face a first braking surface (6) of the brake disc (4); a second elongated wheel-side element (7) adapted to face a second braking surface (8) of the brake disc (4) opposite to said first braking surface (6); each of said elongated vehicle-side and wheel-side elements (5, 7) comprises at least one thrust seat (9, 10, 11, 12) to receive at least one thrust device (13) adapted to bias at least one brake pad (14, 15, 16, 17) against said braking surfaces (6, 8) to apply a braking action to the vehicle; at least one caliper bridge (18, 19, 20) which connects said first elongated vehicle-side element (5) to said second elongated wheel-side element (7); said at least one caliper bridge (18, 19, 20) being arranged straddling said brake disc (4); and wherein said first elongated vehicle-side element (5), said second elongated wheel-side element (7) and said at least one caliper bridge (18, 19, 20) are in one piece; and wherein said caliper body comprises caliper fixing elements (21, 22, 23) to connect said caliper body (1) to a vehicle mount, such as for example a steering knuckle; and wherein said caliper fixing elements (21, 22, 23) are at least three in number; said caliper fixing elements (21, 22, 23) are distributed along said elongated vehicle-side element (5); wherein said elongated vehicle-side and caliper-side elements (5, 7) each comprise at least two pad seats (24, 25, 26, 27), each adapted to receive at least one brake pad (14, 15, 16, 17); wherein said elongated vehicle-side and wheel-side elements (5, 7) each comprise at least two opposite abutment elements (29, 30, 31, 32) each adapted to abuttingly receive a brake pad (14, 15, 16, 17) for relieving the braking action on said caliper body (1); and wherein each of said at least two opposite abutment elements (29, 30, 31, 32) is placed between two of said brake pads (14, 15, 16, 17).

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a caliper body of a disc brake, a brake caliper and a disc brake. [0002] In particular, the invention relates to a fixed caliper body, ie with opposing thrust means acting on opposing brake pads acting on opposite braking surfaces of a disc brake disc. [0003] In the following, a disc brake assembly will be described with reference to the axis of rotation of the disc, indicated by the reference numeral X-X, defining an axial direction. By axial direction is meant any direction A-A directed parallel to the axis of rotation of the brake disc. In addition, radial directions refer to all directions orthogonal to and associated with the axis of rotation X-X. In addition, the circumferential direction refers to a circumferential direction which is orthogonal to the axial direction and which is also orthogonal to the radial direction. [0004] In contrast, a tangential direction T-T refers to a direction that is, as expected, orth...

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Problems solved by technology

[0014] This undesired result greatly limits the application of these calipers to only special or heavy vehicles, or to vehicles that are less affected by the large size of the caliper and its high weight, while the unsprung weight still want to limit it as much as possible

[0015] Therefore, these known solutions do not allow to solve all strongly felt and conflicting needs in order to:

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