Patent ID: 7757822

Claim:
An opposed piston disc brake caliper comprising: a caliper housing arranged for mounting a brake shoe on each side of a rotor, said rotor being disposed between an adjacent pair of brake shoes, each of said brake shoes having a backing plate and a friction lining applied to said backing plate, each backing plate having a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge relative to said rotor when mounted in said caliper housing and side edges extending therebetween; a piston associated with each of said brake shoes and being operable to shift said respective brake shoe toward said rotor for engagement of said friction lining with said rotor to effect braking, said caliper housing accommodating said pistons; and a plurality of mounting members extending from side walls of said caliper housing, said plurality of mounting members extending in a direction toward but terminating prior to said rotor, each side edge of each backing plate being engaged by one of a pair of said plurality of mounting members, wherein said engagement substantially limits movement of each brake shoe other than in a direction toward or away from said rotor, and wherein to remove a respective one of said brake shoes from said caliper housing, it is necessary to remove only one of said pair of mounting members engaged with said side edges of the backing plate of said respective brake shoe.