Set of brake pads for floating-caliper disc brake
US5701978A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D2065/026
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A set of brake pads for a floating-caliper disc brake including a first brake pad with a first retaining spring for clamping engagement on a brake piston and a second brake pad with a second retaining spring for clamping engagement on an axially external leg of the floating caliper. The first retaining spring has two resilient tongues which are locked in a bore of the hollow brake piston, and the second retaining spring has identical resilient tongues which are locked in a recess of the external housing leg. According to the present invention, the distances between the respectively opposed resilient tongues are different in conformity with the different widths of the bore and the recess, respectively. The provision according to the present invention renders it impossible to attach the first brake pad to the external housing leg and the second brake pad to the brake piston. This safeguard against a mix-up is especially advantageous when the first friction lining of the first brake pad differs in shape from the second friction lining of the second brake pad so that the two brake pads must under no circumstances get mixed up.
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