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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Philip Ingmar Loken, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Robert Lee Wagner, Plymouth, IN (US);
Steven Arthur Lemaire, South Bend, IN (US);
Robert Bosch Corporation, Broadview, IL (US);
Abstract
An anchor plate for a brake assembly and a method of attachment to an annular rib of axle tube of a vehicle. The anchor plate which defines a backing plate for a drum brake and guide rails for a caliper of a disc brake has a flange with a keyhole having with an arcuate length approximately equal to an axle retained in the axle tube. In assembly, the anchor plate is moved in an angled plane toward the axle until the keyhole moves past the axle. The anchor plate is rotated into radial alignment with axis of the axle and the flange is aligned with the axle tube. Then the flange is axially moved onto the axle tube until the flange engages the annular rib. Bolts are located in holes in the flange to fix the anchor plate to the axle tube. Thereafter, a bracket is attached to the anchor plate to position a cantilever member which retains a cable sheath is aligned with a lever opening in the anchor plate.