Rotor clip for brake assembly

A rivet-less clip for a rotor disk of a brake assembly, the rivet-less clip formed of sheet metal to fit in a slot between, and to, ends of adjacent rotor lugs around a periphery of the rotor disk, wherein the rivet-less clip is shaped to have a main body portion that is substantially rectangular in form and shaped and sized to fit, in use, onto an inner peripheral surface defined by the slot between ends of two adjacent rotor lugs, and to extend across a length of the slot from a first main body portion edge to a second opposite main body portion edge;

• wherein the rivet-less clip further comprises first and second end portions that extend from the respective ends of the main body portion at an angle, wherein each end portion of the first and second end portions comprises an outwardly protruding section and an end clip portion, the outwardly protruding sections being shaped to fit into indentations or recesses between lug ends and the inner peripheral surface;
• wherein the end clip portion of the first and second end portions each have a planar section that, in use, fit flat against respective ends of the adjacent rotor lugs, wherein the rivet-less clip is formed as two separate halves each having a portion of the main body portion and one of the first and second end portions, and wherein the portions of the main body portion of the two halves abut when the rivet-less clip is located in the slot together forming the main body portion, the rivet-less clip further comprising side portions extending along and bent down relative to the sides of the main body portion between the first and second main body portion edges, the side portions configured to, when the rivet-less clip is located in the slot on the inner peripheral surface, extend over part of the rotor disk radially inwards of the inner peripheral surface.