US 12,233,985 B2
Wheel module for a vehicle, vehicle comprising the wheel module, and method for braking a rotating wheel of a wheel module
Stephane Rocquet, Sandillon (FR); Alexis Galant, Saran (FR); Julien Durr, Fleury les aubrais (FR); and Simon Ortmann, Baden-Baden (DE)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/617,613
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100417
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/253903, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 116 425.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227451 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62L 3/02 (2006.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01); F16D 55/02 (2006.01); F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16D 65/847 (2006.01); F16D 121/04 (2012.01); F16D 127/02 (2012.01)
CPC B62L 3/023 (2013.01) [B62K 3/002 (2013.01); F16D 55/02 (2013.01); F16D 65/186 (2013.01); F16D 65/847 (2013.01); F16D 2121/04 (2013.01); F16D 2127/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel module for a vehicle, comprising:
a wheel axle and a wheel, the wheel comprising a wheel rim and said wheel rim being rotatably mounted on the wheel axle,
and a brake device for the wheel, the brake device comprising a brake pad and a brake disc for cooperating with the brake pad,
wherein
the brake disc is axially movable in order to brake the wheel, and
the brake pad is arranged directly or indirectly on the wheel rim.