Patent ID: 9488236
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: F16D

Claim Text:
1. A drum brake, comprising: a brake cylinder; a converter unit; a carrier unit having a first connecting section configured to be fixed to the brake cylinder, and a second connecting section configured to be fixed to the converter unit; wherein between the first connecting section and the second connecting section a housing region is provided for receiving a transmission element, wherein the transmission element is configured to be substantially linearly displaced by the brake cylinder, and wherein the transmission element at least one of includes a wedge member and is configured to engage a wedge member at the converter unit; wherein the brake cylinder, the transmission element and the converter unit are configured to be fixed to an axle element of a vehicle via the carrier unit; wherein the transmission element for force transmission is configured to be displaced mainly along a transmission axis; wherein the transmission axis is tilted or inclined in relation to a wheel axis by an angle in such a way that the converter unit is aligned closer to the wheel axis than the brake cylinder; wherein the carrier unit is configured to be fixed in a third connecting section at the axle element; wherein the first connecting section is aligned offset along the wheel axis to the third connecting section; and wherein the relation of the offset between the first and third connecting sections and the distance between the wheel axis and the transmission axis in the region of the first connecting section has values between about 0.1 and about 2; and wherein the carrier unit is two-piece, the first and second connecting sections are provided at a first supporting element, a bearing section is provided to bear at least one brake shoe element at a second supporting element, and wherein the third connecting section is formed by recesses of the supporting elements.