Patent ID: 7195108
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A protective device which can be associated with a caliper body of a disc-brake caliper, said caliper body having a median plane of the caliper body which can be superimposed on a median plane of the disc arranged perpendicularly relative to an axis of rotation of the disc, the caliper body being arranged with a central portion astride the brake disc so that side walls of the central portion are arranged on opposite sides of the disc, said side walls being connected to side portions so that the side portions are at least partially at the sides of the disc, each of the side portions comprising an opening of a hydraulic brake-fluid circuit defining an opening centre, the openings being in fluid communication with one another by means of a brake-fluid pipe arranged astride the central portion, said pipe supplying brake fluid between the side portions, the protective device comprising: a shell for protecting the brake-fluid pipe; and a fixing means for fixing the shell to the caliper body, wherein said fixing means has at least one plate which, when the protective device is in the fitted configuration on the caliper body in order to arrange the shell so as to protect the brake-fluid pipe, faces and abuts at least one bearing surface of the central portion of the caliper body, wherein the distance between the points of the at least one bearing surface of the caliper body from the median plane of the caliper body being less than the distance between the median plane of the caliper body and the opening centre of at least one opening of the hydraulic circuit, so that said brake fluid pipe and said opening a hydraulic brake-fluid circuit is protected from objects thrown up by wheels.