Patent ID: 8783428

Claim:
A brake shoe assembly comprising: a brake shoe having an outer radial surface, a plurality of receptacles passing through the outer radial surface, and a plurality of bore holes in the outer radial surface for preassembled fasteners; and a brake plate having a cylindrical backing plate and a frictional brake lining, wherein the cylindrical backing plate includes tangs that are partially severed from the backing plate to mate with respective receptacles for resisting movement of the brake plate relative to the outer radial surface of the brake shoe without the tangs passing completely through the brake shoe, and a plurality of preassembled fasteners spaced from the tangs and extending away from the brake lining and toward the brake shoe to facilitate alignment of the tangs with the receptacles, and wherein the frictional brake lining is molded to the backing plate to form a continuous molded layer that covers each of the preassembled fasteners, the brake lining being free of holes extending completely through the continuous molded layer; wherein the tangs and the receptacles supplement the preassembled fasteners in securing the brake plate to the brake shoe and particularly resist shear forces between the brake plate and brake shoe.