Patent ID: 11885383
Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A disc brake pad which is supported by a pair of pins to a pad support member so that the disc brake pad is movable in an axial direction of a rotor, the disc brake pad comprising:
a lining; and
a back plate supporting a back surface of the lining,
wherein the back plate includes a clip insertion portion into which a part of a pad clip is inserted in the axial direction, at an intermediate portion of a radially outer side portion in a circumferential direction of the rotor,
wherein the back plate includes pin insertion portions into which the pins are respectively inserted in the axial direction, at both sides of the radially outer side portion in the circumferential direction with the clip insertion portion located between the pin insertion portions,
wherein the clip insertion portion includes, on a radially outer side portion of an inner peripheral surface of the clip insertion portion, a pressed surface to which a pressing force directed outward in a radial direction of the rotor is applied from the pad clip,
wherein a circumferential clip that is elastically deformed in the circumferential direction between the back plate and the pad support member is fixed to the back plate, and
wherein the circumferential clip has a main body portion bent in a U-shape as viewed in the axial direction of the rotor.