Patent ID: 6910255

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a brake backing plate for securing a friction material to a contact surface thereof, the plate comprising a contact surface for attaching the friction material to the plate, the method comprising: positioning a cutting apparatus adjacent a contact surface of the plate, wherein the cutting apparatus includes at least one knife with at least one tooth, the at least one tooth including a single leading surface at least a portion of which is formed in a sideward plow angle shape; and forming a plurality of parallel rows of integral retaining structures on the contact surface, each retaining structure comprising: (a) a projecting member extending outwardly from the contact surface for engagement with the friction material and having a shaped configuration resulting from the sideward plow angle of the at least one tooth; and (b) a depression surface abutting the projecting member, the depression surface extending into the contact surface without perforating the contact surface.