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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Don Siekas, Melvindale, MI (US);
Anthony Schmandt, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Paul June, Garden City, MI (US);
Kelsey-Hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a brake shoe mounting system for a vehicle brake assembly. The vehicle brake assembly brake shoe mounting system includes a brake mounting member and a pair of brake shoes slidably supported relative to the brake mounting member. The brake member is adapted to be secured to a fixed, non-rotatable component of the vehicle and includes an abutment having a pair of opposed slots formed therein. Each brake shoe includes a first end, an opposite second end, a web portion, a rim portion secured to an outer surface of the web portion, a friction pad secured to an outer surface of the rim portion, and only two shoe slides provided on at least one side of the rim portion. One of the two shoe slides is provided near the first end of the brake shoe and the other of the two shoe slides is provided generally intermediate the first and second ends of the brake shoe. In accordance with this invention, the second end of the brake shoe defines a shoe abutment end. The shoe abutment end is disposed in the slot of the abutment and in contact with an associated surface of the slot of the abutment to thereby define a third shoe slide of the brake shoe.