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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Brad Robert Lethorn, Brighton, MI (US);
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A retraction spring assembly having: a) pad clip having a lock channel and one or more assembly locks; b) a retraction spring affixed to the pad clip with two or more lock arms residing within the lock channel and a plurality of energy storage portions; and first and second retraction arms; wherein the one or more assembly locks are configured to receive the two or more lock arms and bias the retraction spring into an assembly position; during the brake apply, movement of the first and second retraction arm is toward each other and results in energy being stored in the body portion; and during the brake release, the energy stored in the body portion is released and transferred to both the first and second retraction arm to result in movement of the first retraction arm and the second retraction arm away from each other.