Patent ID: 8485323

Claim:
A caliper assembly comprising a brake pad comprising a carrier plate having two opposing faces and four edges, a top edge a bottom edge and two opposing side edges, wherein on one face is friction material and on the opposing face is a projection adapted to seat in a matched hole or recess in a caliper body, the two opposing side edges each having an ear which is adapted to seat in a pad locator indentations in a support structure; the support structure adapted to affix the caliper assembly to a vehicle comprising a recess for seating at least one brake pad and at least two pad locator indentations adapted for receiving the ears located on the two opposing sides of the brake pad and at least two rails having abutment surfaces for mating with the abutment surfaces of at least two projections defined by the caliper body; and the caliper body having the hole or recess adapted for seating the projection on the opposing face of the brake pad and having the two projections on each opposing side which are adapted to mate with the abutments surfaces on the rails of the support structure; and a clip which engages the opposing face of the brake pad and the caliper body holds the brake pad and the caliper body in position with respect to each other; wherein the ears of the brake pad are seated in the pad locator indentations of the support structure, the projection on the opposing face of the brake pad is seated in the hole or recess located in the caliper body, and the projections of the caliper body are located near or abutting to the rails of the support structure.