US 12,253,130 B2
Vehicle disc brake
Vittorio De Soccio, Avellino (IT); Giuseppe Russo, Avellino (IT); and Roberto Boffelli, Camisano (IT)
Assigned to COFREN S.R.L., Avellino (IT); and POLI S.R.L., Camisano (IT)
Filed by COFREN S.R.L, Avellino (IT); and POLI S.R.L, Camisano (IT)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,685.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000008963 (IT), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325763 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 65/12 (2006.01); B60T 1/06 (2006.01); B60T 5/00 (2006.01); B61H 5/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/097 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/124 (2013.01) [B60T 1/065 (2013.01); B60T 5/00 (2013.01); B61H 5/00 (2013.01); F16D 65/0971 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pad for disc brakes comprising:
a base plate;
a plurality of friction elements fixed to the base plate; and
a plurality of spacers, each of the spacers mounted between the base plate and a respective friction element of the friction elements, each of the spacers including at least a first fixing hole configured to be engaged by a rivet to lock the respective friction element to the base plate, each of the spacers including a plurality of metal plaques, each of the metal plaques having a second fixing hole, the metal plaques stacked on top of one another so that the second fixing holes coincide with each other, each of the metal plaques between 0.1 and 1 millimeter (mm) thick,
wherein each of the spacers is trapezoidal in shape.