Patent ID: 6866126

Claim:
A method of forming a braking subassembly for use in a brake assembly, the method comprising the steps of: providing a shim comprised of a multilayered material, wherein the shim has a first side and a second side and at least one aperture extending therethrough, wherein the shim includes at least one countersunk region and wherein the at least one aperture is formed in the countersunk region; providing at least one staple comprised of a head section, a body section coupled to the head section, the body section having a concavity so as to form a recessed region therein, and a leg member; placing the second side of the shim proximate a first side surface of a backing plate comprising at least one indentation formed therein to provide alignment and receipt of the at least one countersunk region of the shim, and aligning the at least one countersunk region of the shim with the at least one indentation formed in the backing plate so that the shim and the backing plate are aligned and the second surface of the shim is against the first side surface of the backing plate; piercing the backing plate by driving the leg member of the staple into the backing plate so that a portion of the material comprising the backing plate flows in a direction towards and into the recessed region; causing the body section to be driven into the backing plate so that displaced material fills the recessed region of the body section and a top surface of the head section lies at least substantially flush with the first side of the shim; wherein the shim is resisted from movement at least in part by the countersunk region being positioned in the indentation and the staple is resisted from being removed from the backing plate, and the shim mounted onto the first side surface of the backing plate is maintained thereagainst at least in part by contact of the head section against the shim.