Retainer clip for brake-pad support pins
AssigneeFreni Brembo S.p.A.
InventorsMarco Paravisi, Fausto Gandolfi
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Abstract
A retainer clip for brake-pad support pins of vehicle brake calipers, is provided, wherein at least one support pin that is supported removably by a caliper element, which is intended to hold the pads, and which has a safety device associated removably with the support pin to prevent the support pin from slipping out of the caliper element. The retainer clip has, for each support pin, a respective clip with an eye which can be mounted astride the support pin, wherein the eye extends around the support pin, the support pin having abutment means, for example, a larger diameter and a smaller diameter, for preventing relative axial sliding of the clip on the support pin in at least one direction, thereby preventing slipping of the support pin out of the caliper element.
Claims14
A retainer clip for brake-pad support pins of vehicle brake calipers, the support pins each having a structural abutment, the retainer clip comprising:
- a central portion having opposite ends;
- at least two wide bends;
- at least two lobes, wherein the at least two lobes are connected to the opposite ends of the central portion by the at least two wide bends, and wherein the central portion, the at least two wide bends, and the at least two lobes are formed from a single metal wire, and wherein each of the at least two lobes includes:
- a first limb connected to one of the at least two wide bends;
- a second limb;
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- an eye, wherein the eye connects the first limb to the second limb, and wherein the eye is formed with a narrow opening having an aperture opening distance, and a circular portion having an inner diameter, wherein the aperture opening distance is less than the inner diameter of the circular portion, and wherein the inner diameter of the circular portion of each of the at least two lobes is less than the size of the structural abutment, wherein each of the at least two lobes abuts the structural abutment of the respective support pin, thereby preventing relative axial sliding in at least one direction between the retainer clip and the support pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.