Pad clip for disc brake

A pad clip for a disc brake, the disc brake comprising a friction pad disposed opposite to a rotor and a support member for bearing braking force from the friction pad, wherein one of a convexity and a concavity is formed at a side edge portion of the pad and the other is formed at a braking anchor portion of the support member, the convexity and the concavity engage with each other so as to form a concave and convex fitting portion, and the pad clip is disposed at the concave and convex fitting portion, which comprises:

• an anchor portion disposed along an anchor surface formed at the concave and convex fitting portion;
• an upper opposite portion connected to an upper end of the anchor portion;
• a lower opposite portion connected to a lower end of the anchor portion;
• whereby the anchor portion, the upper opposite portion and the lower opposite portion form a U-shaped side view tracing the concave and convex fitting portion, the lower opposite portion is formed as a plate spring portion which urges the friction pad in the radial direction of the rotor;
• upper and lower guide projecting portions, respectively disposed at outside edges of the upper and lower opposite portions, the upper and lower guide projecting portions spread outward and upward;
• wherein an upward extending angle of the upper guide projecting portion relative to the horizontal plane of the upper opposite portion is set to .alpha. and an upward extending angle of the lower guide projecting portion relative to the horizontal plane of the upper opposite portion is set to .beta., wherein the inequality .alpha.<.beta. is satisfied, and the lower guide projecting portion projects outward more than the upper guide portion and the projecting distance in the horizontal direction is smaller than the thickness of the back plate of the friction pad.

A pad clip for a disc brake comprising:

• a bridge portion;
• a pair of coupling portions connected to both ends of the bridge portion;
• a pair of U-shaped portions respectively connected to a lower end of the coupling portion;
• wherein the pad clip is made of one metal sheet and one of upper and lower portions of the U-shaped portion is a plate spring portion;
• upper and lower guide projecting portions respectively disposed at outside edges of the upper and lower portions of the U-shaped portion, the upper and lower guide projecting portions spread outward and upward;
• wherein an upward extending angle of the upper guide projecting portion relative to the horizontal plane of the upper portion of the U-shaped portion is set to .alpha. and an upward extending angle of the lower guide projecting portion relative to the horizontal plane of the upper portion of the U-shaped portion is set to .beta., wherein the inequality .alpha.<.beta. is satisfied, and the lower guide projecting portion projects outward more than the upper guide portion and the projecting distance in the horizontal direction is smaller than the thickness of a back plate of a friction pad.