Patent ID: 9400025
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: F16D

Claim Text:
1. A brake caliper comprising: two side walls spaced apart from each other, which define a disc space for accommodating a portion of a brake disc, in which a first of these side walls comprises means for rotatably and translatably integrally fixing the caliper to a vehicle and the side walls are connected to each other by a connecting structure, in which each of said side walls defines at least one seat for at least one pad having (a) a friction surface that is intended to engage the brake disc and (b) a thrust surface opposite the friction surface; each of said side walls contains at least one piston for engaging the thrust surface of the pad to push the pad against the brake disc; and each of said side walls has cooling ducts for conveying a flow of cooling air to the pad, wherein each of said cooling ducts comprise: a first outlet port configured to direct a first partial cooling flow at the friction surface side of the pad; a second outlet port different from said first outlet port and configured to direct a second partial cooling flow at the thrust surface side of the pad, said second partial cooling flow being different from said first partial cooling flow, wherein said first outlet port is arranged radially outside the pad and facing the interface between the friction surface of the pad and the corresponding friction surface of the brake disc; and said second outlet port is formed in the first side wall of the caliper and is configured to direct said second partial cooling flow transverse to the plane defined by the friction surface of the pad, such that said second partial cooling flow directly hits said thrust surface of the pad.