Patent ID: 8276717
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A disc brake assembly comprising: an anchor including a first inwardly facing surface and a second inwardly facing surface, a brake shoe backing plate including a first outwardly facing surface and a second outwardly facing surface, a first slipper spring including a U-shaped portion and a leg portion, the U-shaped portion being positioned on the first rail with the leg portion extending between the first outer surface and the third outer surface or between the first inner surface and the third inner surface; and a second slipper spring including a U-shaped portion and a leg portion, the U-shaped portion being positioned on the first rail with the leg portion extending between the second outer surface and the fourth outer surface or between the second inner surface and the fourth inner surface; wherein the first and the second inwardly facing surfaces and the first and the second outwardly facing surfaces each have a two-fold axis of symmetry on a first axis that intersects the first rail, the second rail, the first groove, and the second groove, wherein the first inwardly facing surface and the second inwardly facing surface have a two-fold axis of symmetry on a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, wherein, when a braking operation is not being performed, wherein, when a braking operation is being performed, wherein the leg portion of each of the first and the second slipper spring includes a lip portion that extends substantially perpendicularly with respect to the leg portion from a distal end portion of the leg portion in a direction away from the first and the second outwardly facing surfaces, respectively.