Patent ID: 7594567
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: B60B,F16D

Abstract:
1. A protection device ( 10 ) for protecting a brake disk ( 12 ) in a disk brake from dirt particles, the brake disk ( 12 ) having a pair of side surfaces and a radially outwardly facing edge surface disposed between the side surfaces, said protection device comprising: at least one protection means ( wherein said at least one protection means ( 13 ) is at least partly constructed from material that is shape-influenced by heat such that said at least one protection means ( 13 ) assumes said first end position when a temperature of said protection means ( 13 ) lies below a first temperature and assumes said second end position when said protection means ( 13 ) exceeds a second temperature, wherein said material that is shape-influenced by heat is disposed in an angle between two legs ( 13 a , 13 b ) of said protection means ( 13 ), wherein said protection means ( 13 ) is L-shaped in section.