US 11,655,866 B2
Disc brake pad spring
Alexander Wade, Gwent (GB)
Assigned to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Filed by Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited, Gwent (GB)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,409.
Claims priority of application No. 20150815 (EP), filed on Jan. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0207669 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. F16D 65/097 (2006.01); B60T 1/06 (2006.01); F16D 55/22 (2006.01); F16D 65/092 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/0978 (2013.01) [B60T 1/065 (2013.01); F16D 55/22 (2013.01); F16D 65/092 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pad spring for a brake pad assembly, the pad spring comprising:
a straight intermediate portion having opposite first and second ends and defining a plane;
a first arm extending via a first continuous curvature transition portion from the first end of the intermediate portion, inclined out of the plane; and
a second arm extending via a second continuous curvature transition portion from the second end of the intermediate portion inclined out of the plane on the same side of the plane as the first arm, the first arm and the second arm each having an intermediate portion end and an opposite free end, each free end curving outwardly relative to the intermediate portion and back towards the plane and describing an angle of at least 120°, wherein the intermediate portion ends of the first and second arms are spaced from the respective first and second ends of the intermediate portion in respective directions parallel to the plane via the respective first and second continuous curvature transition portions extending therebetween.