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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1984
Hans-Georg Madzgalla, Koblenz, DE;
Christian L Schroeter, Sinzig, DE;
Lucas Industries public limited company, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A self-retracting brake pad assembly has a pair of lateral faces each of which having at least a portion supportable at a carrying brake member e.g. a brake carrier. A recess is located close to the middle of each of the two lateral faces. A return spring assembly comprises a pair of guide members each received in one of the recesses and spring arms protrude laterally from one end of each guide member. The spring arms are supportable in the carrying brake member, and elastically deformable into a final position by an extent determining the brake clearance. The guide members are clamped in the respective recess and displaceable in the same only when overcoming frictional resistance greater than the return force of the spring arms in the final position thereof.