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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Kelsey-hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Anthony Schmandt, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Brian Boyle, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Kwierant, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Harry Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Eduardo Morais, South Lyon, MI (US);
Kelsey-Hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A drum-in-hat (DIH) disc brake assembly has a backing plate configured to be supported relative to an axle flange and to support a drum brake shoe assembly of the drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake; a caliper bracket configured to be supported relative to the axle flange and to support a disc brake caliper assembly of the disc service brake; and a parking brake anchor configured to be supported relative to the axle flange. The parking brake anchor includes an anchor body and an abutment. The anchor body has an opening formed therein which is configured to receive a lever arm of a parking and emergency brake actuator which extends through the opening in the anchor body.