Patent ID: 7631733

Claim:
A brake assembly comprising: a caliper including a first side portion and a second side portion, wherein the first side portion includes a caliper formation, and the first side portion is connected to the second side portion by two spaced bridge arms; and a first brake pad and a second brake pad that are interchangeable, wherein each of the first brake pad and the second brake pad includes a first end, a second end, and a pad formation remote from the first end and the second end, a brake disc positioned between the first side portion and second side portion, the brake disc defining an axis of rotation, wherein the first brake pad is fitted in the first side portion of the caliper and the pad formation of the first brake pad engages the caliper formation of the first side portion of the caliper to transfer all braking torque loads from the first brake pad to the first side portion of the caliper, and wherein the second brake pad is fitted in the second side portion of the caliper and the first end and the second end of the second brake pad engage a first abutment and a second abutment, respectively, of the brake assembly to transfer the braking torque loads from the second brake pad to the brake assembly, the pad formation being generally radially orientated with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the two spaced bridge arms of the caliper are spaced apart by an arm distance, the first end and the second end of the first brake pad are spaced by a first end distance, and the first end and the second end of the second brake pad are spaced by a second end distance, and wherein the arm distance is greater than the first end distance and the second end distance, allowing the first brake pad to be inserted radially inwardly into and removed radially outwardly from a first space defined between the brake disc, the first side portion and the two spaced bridge arms, and allowing the second brake pad to be inserted radially inwardly into and removed radially outwardly from a second space defined between the brake disc, the second side portion, and the two spaced bridge arms.