US 12,264,715 B2
Brake pad backing plate
Christopher L. Boyce, Yellow Spring, WV (US); and Gregory M. Vyletel, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/284,531
Filed by FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/055811
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/077191, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/782,335, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,922, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0381562 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F16D 65/092 (2006.01); F16D 69/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/092 (2013.01) [F16D 69/0408 (2013.01); F16D 2069/0441 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0023 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0076 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0084 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backing plate for a brake pad, comprising:
a reinforcement plate plate having an outer perimeter, an outboard surface, an inboard surface, and a mold hole; and
a locking plate having an outer perimeter, an outboard surface, an inboard surface, a locking hole and a retention hole, wherein the outboard surface of the locking plate is attached to the inboard surface of the reinforcement plate such that the mold hole and the locking hole are at least partially aligned and form an undercut configured to mechanically lock friction material at an undercut portion on the outboard side of the locking plate, wherein the outer perimeter of the reinforcement plate is at least partially aligned with the outer perimeter of the locking plate.