BRAKE CALIPER AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD

A brake caliper for a disk brake system of a motor vehicle, has a caliper body which is cast from a light metal alloy or from light metal, with a skeleton structure arranged inside the caliper body. The material of the skeleton structure has a higher modulus of elasticity than the material of the ca...

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Main Authors RENZ RALPH, WUEST RAINER, MOESSINGER OLIVER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.02.2010
Subjects
BLASTING
BRAKES
CASTING
CASTING OF METALS
CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
CLUTCHES
COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:A brake caliper for a disk brake system of a motor vehicle, has a caliper body which is cast from a light metal alloy or from light metal, with a skeleton structure arranged inside the caliper body. The material of the skeleton structure has a higher modulus of elasticity than the material of the caliper body. The skeleton structure is cast into the caliper body so that the caliper body encases the skeleton structure.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090474320