Disc brake system with spring clip pad holders

A disc brake assembly comprising:

• (A) a disc;
• (B) a caliper;
• (C) a piston which has a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in said caliper and a front end which faces said disc;
• (D) a brake pad which is disposed between said piston and said disc;
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• (E) a pad holder which holds said pad on said front end of said piston, said pad holder comprising a spring clip which is clipped to said pad and which engages an axial surface of said piston to draw said pad towards said front end of said piston, wherein said pad comprises 1) a back plate having front and rear surfaces and 2) a friction pad mounted on said front surface of said back plate, and wherein said spring clip comprises a wire form which has 1) a pair of free ends which are disposed adjacent a lower edge of said back plate and which are connected to said back plate and 2) a loop which is disposed adjacent an upper edge of said back plate and which is connected to said back plate, and wherein a piston engaging portion of said wire form which is disposed between said loop and said free ends engages said axial surface of said piston.

A disc brake assembly comprising:

• (A) a disc;
• (B) a caliper;
• (C) a piston which has a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in said caliper and a front end which faces said disc;
• (D) a brake pad which is disposed between said piston and said disc;
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• (E) a pad holder which holds said pad on said front end of said piston, said pad holder comprising a spring clip which is clipped to said pad and which engages an axial surface of said piston to draw said pad towards said front end of said piston, wherein said spring clip comprises a wire form which has a substantually open end and a substantially closed end, and wherein said open end of said wire form terminates in hooks that engage at least one of apertures and notches in said pad.

A disc brake assembly comprising:

• (A) a disc;
• (B) a caliper;
• (C) a piston which has a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in said caliper and a front end terminating in an axial surface which faces said disc;
• (D) a brake pad which is disposed between said piston and said disc and which has a back plate having a relatively flat rear surface, a front surface, and upper and lower opposed edges connecting said front surface to said rear surface, wherein a tab extends from said upper edge and clip receptacles are formed in said back plate adjacent said lower edge;
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• (E) a pad holder which holds said pad on said front end of said piston, said pad holder comprising a wire form which is clipped to said back plate and which engages an axial surface of said piston, wherein said wire form has
• (1) a pair of free ends which are disposed adjacent said lower edge of said back plate and which terminate in hooks which hook onto said clip receptacles,
• (2) a loop which is disposed adjacent said upper edge of said back plate and which is clipped onto said tab, and
• (3) a piston engaging portion which wraps around at least a substantial portion of an outer radial periphery of said piston and which engages an axial surface on said piston to draw said rear surface of said back plate against said front end of said piston.

A disc brake assembly comprising:

• (A) a disc;
• (B) a caliper;
• (C) a piston which has a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in said caliper and a front end which faces said disc;
• (D) a brake pad which is disposed between said piston and said disc;
• and
• (E) a pad holder which holds said pad on said front end of said piston, said pad holder comprising a spring clip which is clipped to said pad and which engages an axial surface of said piston to draw said pad towards said front end of said piston, wherein said spring clip has a substantially open end and a substantially closed end, and wherein said subsantially open end terminates in at least one hook that releasably hooks onto said pad.