Patent ID: 8863916
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a brake shoe, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a bridge unit comprising a bridge element with an at least partially arched geometry, and a bridge connecting portion; (b) providing a brake pad unit comprising a brake pad connecting portion, wherein a first connecting portion, which is one of the bridge connecting portion and the brake pad connecting portion, comprises a recess having a first cross sectional area, and wherein a second connecting portion, which is the other of the bridge connecting portion and the brake pad connecting portion, comprises a projection which has a second cross sectional area which is larger than the first cross sectional area; and (c) joining the bridge unit and the brake pad unit by positively engaging the bridge connecting portion and the brake pad connecting portion, wherein the first connecting portion is heated prior to engagement with the second connecting portion, wherein after the first connecting portion has cooled, there is a friction-fit engagement between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.