US 12,228,182 B2
Blank optimized brake slide clip with active retraction element
Klaus-Peter Tiefenbach, Lake Orion, MI (US); Stefan Josef Baier, Lake Orion, MI (US); and Joshua Michael Frieden, Linden, MI (US)
Assigned to Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/782,785
Filed by Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063017
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/113446, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/943,890, filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009184 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 65/097 (2006.01); F16D 55/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/0972 (2013.01) [F16D 55/00 (2013.01); F16D 2055/0029 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake slide clip for use in a disc brake assembly comprising:
a base section having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
a clamping portion extending from the first side of the base section, the clamping portion comprising a base clamping section, an inner axial holding tab which extends from a first side of the base clamping section, and an outer axial holding tab which extends from a second side of the base clamping section that is opposite the first side thereof, the clamping portion configured to clamp to a portion of an anchor bracket of the disc brake assembly;
a lower section which extends from the second side of the base section, the lower section having a first side which extends from the base section and a second side; a tangential abutment section extending from the second side of the lower section; and an active retraction element which extends from the tangential abutment section, the active retraction element including a flat link section providing a first surface on which a brake pad of a disc brake is disposed, a contact section providing a second surface against which the brake pad is disposed, and a spring section coupled to the flat link section, the active retraction element disposed over the lower section and comprising a plurality of curved portions, each curved portion being curved in a single direction, wherein when the active retraction element is coupled to the brake pad, the active retraction element is movable from a retracted position relative to the base section and the lower section responsive to movement of the brake pad presenting a force against the second surface of the contact section, and resiliently returns to the retracted position upon a spring force acting on the flat link section by the spring section overcoming the force presented by the brake pad; and
wherein the lower section is disposed perpendicular to the base section, and the tangential abutment section is disposed perpendicular to the lower section.