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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Djamel Charmat, South Bend, IN (US);
Stefan U. Anger, Oxford, MI (US);
Djamel Charmat, South Bend, IN (US);
Stefan U. Anger, Oxford, MI (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A one-piece sheet metal combination retainer and anchor for use in a non-servo floating shoe drum brake assembly () having a pair of laterally extending ears () for axially retaining respective ends () of a pair of brake shoes (), and a pair of rivet head reinforceable axially extending portions () for anchoring the brake shoe ends during brake application. A base portion () has one or more rivet () or shaft () receiving apertures with the each of the axially extending portions abutted by a rivet head flat surface (). The base portion has a transversely extending central region () to provide, in conjunction with a brake assembly backing plate (), a parking brake cable () retaining clamp.