Patent ID: 7168529

Claim:
A cast brake caliper adapted for use in a disc brake assembly comprising: a cast brake caliper having an inboard leg portion and an outboard leg portion which are interconnected by an intermediate bridge portion, the brake caliper having a pair of locating surfaces provided on the inboard leg portion and a locating recess provided on the outboard leg portion; wherein the pair of locating surfaces provided on the inboard leg portion and the locating recess provided on the outboard leg portion are integrally formed by a core member of a casting apparatus during the casting of the brake caliper; wherein the caliper includes an opening formed beginning in the intermediate bridge portion and extending into the outboard leg portion and continuing over the locating recess provided on the outboard leg portion so that no portion of the intermediate bridge portion covers the locating recess to thereby enable an extension of the core member to form the locating recess on the outboard leg portion during the casting of the brake caliper; and wherein the locating recess provided on the outboard leg portion is a conical recess.