DISK BRAKE, IN PARTICULAR FOR UTILITY VEHICLES, AND BRAKE PAD OF A DISK BRAKE OF SAID TYPE

摘要

A disk brake includes a brake disk, a brake caliper, which fits over the brake disk, a brake support, a brake pad and an application device, which presses the brake pad against the brake disk when braking, wherein the brake pad rests in a U-shaped well and the two legs of the “U” serve to support the brake pad in the circumferential direction of the brake disk and the “base” of the “U” serves to support the brake pad radially toward the inside. The distance between the two legs of the “U” is shorter at the radially outer ends thereof than the distance at the radially inner ends thereof.

主权项

1. A method for compressed air preparation in motor vehicles, comprising the following steps:
drawing in ambient air; compressing the ambient air by a compressor (2) driven by a drive motor of a motor vehicle; dried drying the compressed air in a downstream air dryer (4, 4); delivering the dried air to compressed air consumers (14, 16); regenerating the air dryer (4, 4′) with system air stored in a regeneration reservoir (30, 30′), passed via the air dryer (4, 4′) and vented via an associated vent valve (22); in predetermined operating states, switching between a delivery phase and a regeneration phase via an electrically controlled governor (36, 36′), wherein a driving mode with a high speed of the drive motor is used for the delivery phase of the compressor (2), at least in phases of high compressed air consumption, and wherein a stationary mode at an idling speed of the drive motor is used for the regeneration phase.