Kelsey-Hayes Company

Zf Active Safety US Inc.

Peter Kula

Saikiran Divakaruni

Shawn Berry

A brake pad for a vehicle disc brake assembly has a backing plate, a shim, and an adhesive bond between the backing plate and the shim that retains the shim on the backing plate. The backing plate is configured to support a brake lining and has a recessed portion with transverse first and second surfaces. The first surface is a bottom surface of the recessed portion and the second surface is a perimeter surface that defines a perimeter of the bottom surface. The shim has a face surface that is also transverse to the bottom surface. The face surface is configured to engage with the perimeter surface to mechanically restrain the shim in the recessed portion from lateral displacement.

Vehicle disc brake assembly having a brake pad with a shim mechanically restrained from lateral movement

A guide pin, for a disc brake assembly, comprises a head portion and a stem. The stem extends from the head portion along an axis and has a circular cross section, a first stem portion, and a second stem portion. The first stem portion is adjacent a tip of the stem. The second stem portion is between the first portion and the head portion. The first stem portion has a first radius from the axis and the second stem portion has a second radius from the axis. The second radius is less than the first radius. A surface is on the first and second stem portions. A distance is from a plane to the surface. The plane is parallel to the surface and the axis is in the plane. The distance is less than the second radius.

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Howell, MI, United States of America

Peter Kula