US 12,480,551 B2
Pad liner for brake caliper, brake caliper equipped with pad liner, and method for assembling the same
Hong Seok Chang, Hanam-si (KR); and Bo Ram Yoon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,463.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0048236 (KR), filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332656 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/097 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/0977 (2013.01) [F16D 65/0068 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pad liner configured to be seated in a caliper body and supporting a brake pad, wherein the pad liner comprises:
a body including a flat plate;
an upper elastic portion connected to an upper portion of the body; and
a lower elastic portion connected to a lower portion of the body,
wherein the upper elastic portion is configured to apply an elastic force to an upper portion of the brake pad,
wherein the lower elastic portion is configured to apply an elastic force to a lower portion of the brake pad,
wherein the upper elastic portion is configured to apply the elastic force to the brake pad in a laterally outward direction of the body, and
wherein the lower elastic portion is configured to apply the elastic force to the brake pad in the laterally outward direction of the body.