US 12,352,326 B2
Brake pad, brake caliper equipped with the brake pad, and vehicle equipped with the brake caliper
Bo Ram Yoon, Yongin-si (KR); and Mun Hwan Byoun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,641.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0170945 (KR), filed on Dec. 2, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0193746 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175563 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 65/097 (2006.01); F16D 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/0972 (2013.01) [F16D 65/0068 (2013.01); F16D 65/0973 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake pad seated at a caliper body, comprising a brake pad surface and at least two brake pad connectors connected to the caliper body and symmetrically positioned with respect to a center of the brake pad surface,
wherein each brake pad connector includes:
a protruding ear protruding from the brake pad outwardly from the brake pad surface; and
a spring connected to the protruding ear,
wherein the protruding ear includes:
an ear groove at which a portion of the spring is seated; and
a fixing portion configured to fix the spring to the protruding ear, and
wherein the spring includes:
a propping plate seated at the ear groove and connected to the fixing portion;
a first extending member connected to the propping plate at a first angle with respect to the propping plate; and
a second extending member connected to the first extending member at a second angle with respect to the first extending member.