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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yuri Anatoly Karpenko, Brighton, MI (US);
Joshua Howell, Belleville, MI (US);
J. Chris Oakwood, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Charles K. Evans, Willis, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A brake pad retracting device is disclosed. An example vehicle braking system comprising a rotor, and a caliper including a brake pad slidably engaged with a guide pin, and a coil spring through which the guide pin extends, the coil spring having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first inner diameter sized to enable the first end to move freely over a surface of the guide pin, the first end to engage the brake pad to urge the brake pad away from the rotor, and the second end having a second inner diameter sized to frictionally engage the surface of the guide pin, the first inner diameter greater than the second inner diameter.