Patent ID: 7178641

Claim:
An automobile brake caliper, comprising: a caliper housing with a first part defining a cylinder and a bridge part extending from the first part and supporting a finger part facing said cylinder; a piston received within the cylinder; a first shoe mounted on said cylinder and a second shoe mounted on said finger part such that a disc of a disc brake extends there between; and an elastic member disposed between at least one of said first and second shoes and said bridge part, said elastic member exerting an elastic force against said shoe, wherein: said elastic member comprises a central pressing part with first and second hooks extending from opposite sides of said pressing part, said first and second hooks being asymmetrically formed with respect to said pressing part; said elastic member is formed from a sheet of elastic material with the first and second hooks each bent to extend from one side of said member; each said hook comprises an upstanding part joined with the flat sheet by a bent section; the hook shaped sections formed at free ends of said hooks face in a common direction; and said bridge part defines an installing slot configured and dimensioned for installation of the elastic member between the bridge part and at least one of said first and second shoes after assembly of the brake caliper, wherein said installation of the elastic member comprises fitting said first and second hooks in said installing slot.