Shim for a vehicle brake pad having heat dissipation portions
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorHatem Shahin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shim and to a brake pad assembly for a vehicle disc brake, wherein the vehicle disc brake comprises a brake disc that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis and the brake pad assembly comprises: a backplate that is configured to carry a friction material lining at its front face for contacting the brake disc; a shim that is arranged at a rear face of the backplate; wherein the shim has a radially upper edge and a radially lower edge and the radially upper edge and the radially lower edge are connected by two opposite side portions of the shim; wherein the shim has at least one laterally protruding heat dissipation portion that is comprised by one of the side portions and that protrudes past a side edge of the backplate.
Claims11
Brake pad assembly for a vehicle disc brake, wherein the vehicle disc brake comprises a brake disc that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis and the brake pad assembly comprises:
- a backplate that is configured to carry a friction material lining at its front face for contacting the brake disc;
- a shim that is arranged at a rear face of the backplate;
- wherein the shim has a radially upper edge and a radially lower edge and the radially upper edge and the radially lower edge are connected by two opposite side portions of the shim;
- wherein the shim has at least one laterally protruding heat dissipation portion that is comprised by one of the side portions and that protrudes past a side edge of the backplate,
- wherein the heat dissipation portion does not contact any further components of the vehicle disc brake.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.