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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pad clip for a disc brake includes: a radial pressing portion which is disposed at inward than a clamping portion in a radial direction and presses outward in the radial direction an ear portion; a circumferential pressing portion which extends outward in the radial direction from a radially outer side portion of the clamping portion, an intermediate portion thereof being folded back inward in radial and circumferential directions of the rotor, and a tip end portion thereof pressing the pad inward in the circumferential direction; and a spring holding portion which protrudes outward in the circumferential direction from the radially outer side portion of the clamping portion than a base portion of the circumferential pressing portion, and holds a return spring which is made of wire material and presses the pad away from the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor.