Patent ID: 6494297
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A brake pad comprising:a backing plate formed of a metal and having at least one hole extending therethrough; a friction material formed on a first face of said backing plate, said friction material having a hole aligned with said hole in said backing plate; and a sensor extending through said hole in said backing plate, said sensor having an enlarged shoulder with an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of said hole and abutting a second face of said backing plate, a locking member attached to said sensor on said first face of said backing plate, said locking member locking said sensor to said backing plate; said sensor has a small diameter sensor portion extending forwardly from said shoulder, said locking member being a sleeve surrounding said sensor portion; and said locking member has a lip which snaps into a groove in an outer periphery of said sensor portion to lock said sensor portion to said backing plate.