Patent ID: 9217480
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A disk brake pad comprising: a plurality of lugs, each of which includes an outer face in which a groove is defined, the groove extending in a longitudinal direction generally parallel to the outer face, the groove being configured to receive a tongue of a wound spring that extends into a housing in a brake cover, wherein each lug of the plurality of lugs, in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, has a mixtilinear generally rectangular cross-section defining the groove, the groove being defined by a base including a protruding central portion forming an abutment and defining an abutment plane parallel to the outer face, the base extending from each side of the protruding central portion to a fillet, which is recessed from the abutment plane and connects the base to a respective side of the groove at a position behind the abutment plane relative to the outer face.