Inventors:
Victor M. DiPonio - Novi MI
Assignee:
Kelsey-Hayes Company - Livonia MI
International Classification:
F16D 5500
Abstract:
An anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly adapted for use in a disc brake assembly includes an anchor bracket and a pair of brake shoes supported thereon. The anchor bracket includes an pair of axially and outwardly extending angled arms. The arms include a pair of inboard ends and a pair of outboard ends, at least one of the inboard ends and the outboard ends of the arms being interconnected by a tie bar. Each of the arms includes one of a male end and a female end, the one of the male end and the female end being located along a common arc of the anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly. Each of the brake shoes is generally arcuate in shape and includes a backing plate and a friction pad. Each of said backing plates including opposed ends, the opposed ends being the other one of the male end and the female end and configured so as to generally match the profile of the one of the male end and the female end of the arms so as to slidably support the brake shoes on the arms of the anchor bracket.