Patent ID: 6991074

Claim:
A disc brake having an anchor fixed to a housing, said anchor having first and second rails that align first and second friction members with a rotor, said first friction member having a first friction pad that is moved into engagement with a first radial surface of a rotor and said second friction member having a second friction pad that is moved into engagement with a second radial surface on said rotor to develop first and second brake forces that are carried into said anchor as a reaction force to oppose the rotation of said rotor and effect a brake application, characterized in that said anchor has first and second projections that extend from said first rail with said first projection being located in a first plane that is offset from said first radial surface and said second projection being located in a second plane that is offset from said second radial surface on said rotor; and in that said first friction member has a first carrier with a first outwardly projecting lip on a first end and in that said second friction member has a second carrier with a second outwardly projecting lip on a first end thereof through which said first and second brake forces are transmitted into said anchor, said first and second outwardly projecting lips correspondingly engage said first and second projections on said first rail such that a substantially uniform resultant axial force is created by a moment that is a function of said offset that is added to an actuation force during a brake application.