Patent ID: 6345701
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
An anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly adapted for use in a disc brake assembly comprising:an anchor bracket including a pair of axially and outwardly extending angled arms, said arms including a pair of inboard ends and a pair of outboard ends, at least one of said inboard ends and said outboard ends of said arms being interconnected by a tie bar, each of said arms including one of a male end and a female end, said one of a male end and a female end being located along a first common arc of said anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly; and a pair of brake shoes supported on said arms, each of said brake shoes being generally arcuate in shape and having a center located along a second common arc of said anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly, each of said brake shoes including a backing plate and a friction pad, each of said backing plates including opposed ends, said opposed ends being the other one of the male end and the female end and configured so as to generally match the profile of said one of the male end and the female end of said arms so as to slidably support said brake shoes on said arms of said anchor bracket, said opposed ends generally following said arcuate shape of said brake shoes so as to locate said other one of the male end and the female end along a third common arc of said anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly, at least said second common arc of said brake shoes and said third common arc of said opposed ends being the same whereby a center of the opposed ends as defined by the third common arc is located in the center of the brake shoes as defined by the second common arc.