US 7,614,485 B2
Disk brake comprising a cooling member
Hans-Georg Pabst, Gaimersheim (Germany)
Assigned to Audi AG, Ingolstadt (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/544,852
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/13448
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 08, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/070305, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 103 05 249 (DE), filed on Feb. 08, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0131117 A1, Jun. 22, 2006
Int. Cl. F16D 65/853 (2006.01); F16D 8/32 (2006.01); F16D 65/78 (2006.01); F16D 65/84 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 188—264CC  [188/264 R; 188/264 D; 188/264 P] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device supportable on a vehicle and cooperable with a disk of a brake assembly thereof for cooling said disk, comprising:
a housing provided with a wall section having an exterior planar surface disposable into engagement with a surface of said disk, and a chamber including an inlet and an outlet for circulating a coolant therethrough; and
a plurality of transversely disposed, thermally conductive fibers embedded in said wall section, providing a first set of protruding exterior ends having lengths greater than the spacing between said planar surface and said disk when mounted, allowing such protruding, exterior ends to flex and thus continuously engage said disk as said disk wears and said spacing between said planar surface and said disk increases, and a second set of protruding, interior ends disposed within said chamber communicable with coolant disposed therein.