Patent ID: 8567574
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A brake caliper comprising: a first brake pad having a first backplate with a first friction material attached to one side and having a first loading face on an opposite side; a piston for applying a force to the first loading face, wherein the first brake pad is releasably attached to the piston, the first brake pad comprising a first location feature and the piston comprising a circular piston feature, wherein the first location feature cooperates with the piston feature of the piston to locate the first brake pad relative to the piston and to releasably attach the first brake pad to the piston, and wherein the piston feature is one of a first projection and a first recess and the first location feature is the other of the first projection and first recess; a bridge defining a brake disc plane; a second brake pad having a second backplate with a second friction material attached to one side and having a second loading face on an opposite side, wherein the second brake pad includes a second location feature substantially identical to the first location feature; a circular dummy piston feature identical to the piston feature, wherein the bridge includes formations that define the dummy piston feature, wherein the second location feature cooperates with the dummy piston feature to locate the second brake pad relative to the brake caliper and to releasably attach the second brake pad to the brake caliper, and wherein the dummy piston feature is formed within the brake caliper and is one of a second projection and a second recess and the second location feature is the other of the second projection and the second recess; a first resilient member having a press fit on the first projection and a press fit in the first recess so as to releasably attach the first brake pad to the piston; and a second resilient member substantially identical to the first resilient member and being a press fit on the second projection and a press fit in the second recess so as to releasably attach the second brake pad to the brake caliper.