Patent ID: 8205726
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A brake pad for a disc brake that can be associated with a caliper with thrust means for clamping said brake pad with friction against a braking band of a brake disc, wherein the brake pad comprises: a plate with a central portion provided with a layer of friction material, said central portion having an upper edge and an opposed arcuate lower edge and also two lateral edges, said lower arcuate edge having a tangent point; two support appendages which extend from said lateral edges of the central portion, each of said support appendages bounding an eye capable of receiving a pin of the caliper, said eyes disposed substantially on a tangent line to the lower arcuate edge at the tangent point halfway between said lateral edges such that the tangent line intersects both pins wherein said upper edge and lower edge extend substantially along circumferences of a circle imparting an arcuate shape to the central portion so that said upper edge is substantially convex and said lower edge is substantially concave, and said support appendages are disposed substantially at the height of said lower edge of said brake pad.