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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Ronald S. Plantan, Elyria, OH (US);
Harish Radhakrishnan, Westlake, OH (US);
Dennis A. Wolf, Westlake, OH (US);
Richard L. Lantz, Clinton, OH (US);
Will E. Roberts, Elyria, OH (US);
Steven C. Bell, Amherst, OH (US);
Ronald S. Plantan, Elyria, OH (US);
Harish Radhakrishnan, Westlake, OH (US);
Dennis A. Wolf, Westlake, OH (US);
Richard L. Lantz, Clinton, OH (US);
Will E. Roberts, Elyria, OH (US);
Steven C. Bell, Amherst, OH (US);
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for mounting, removing and retaining brake pads in disc brakes, such as air-operated disc brakes utilized on commercial vehicles, in a manner which does not require the use of separate brake pad retaining devices while providing positive retention of the brake pad. A preferred embodiment includes a brake caliper mount having brake pad abutment surfaces having radially-oriented and lateral grooves which permit a brake pad with corresponding projections on is lateral sides to be inserted through an opening of the brake caliper into the radially-oriented grooves until the backing plate projections are aligned with the lateral groove, and advancing the brake actuator behind the brake pad to place the brake pad in an operating position in which the actuator prevents the brake pad from realigning with the radially-oriented grooves until the actuator is retracted to permit brake pad extraction.