Drum-in-hat disc brake assembly

A drum-in-hat disc brake assembly having a disc service brake and a drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake, the drum-in-hat disc brake assembly comprising:

• a backing plate configured to be supported relative to an axle flange and to support a drum brake shoe assembly of the drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake;
• a caliper bracket configured to be supported relative to the axle flange and to support a disc brake caliper assembly of the disc service brake;
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• a parking brake anchor configured to be supported relative to the axle flange;
• wherein the parking brake anchor is a one-piece integrally formed anchor and includes an anchor body and an abutment, the anchor body having an opening formed therein, the opening configured to receive a lever arm of a parking and emergency brake actuator which extends through the opening in the anchor body;
• wherein the anchor body includes a collar portion extending from the anchor body;
• and
• wherein the collar portion is provided with mounting apertures configured to receive fasteners for attaching an actuator of the parking and emergency brake actuator to the collar portion.

A drum-in-hat disc brake assembly having a disc service brake and a drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake, the drum-in-hat disc brake assembly comprising:

• a backing plate configured to be supported relative to an axle flange and to support a drum brake shoe assembly of the drum-in-hat parking and emergency brake;
• a caliper bracket configured to be supported relative to the axle flange and to support a disc brake caliper assembly of the disc service brake;
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• a parking brake anchor configured to be supported relative to the axle flange;
• wherein the parking brake anchor includes an anchor body and an abutment, the anchor body having an opening formed therein, the opening configured to receive a lever arm of a parking and emergency brake actuator which extends through the opening in the anchor body;
• wherein the anchor body is a one-piece casting and includes an integrally formed collar portion extending from the anchor body on a first side thereof which is opposite to a second side thereof from which the abutment extends relative thereto;
• and
• wherein the collar portion is provided with mounting apertures configured to receive fasteners for attaching an actuator of the parking and emergency brake actuator to the collar portion.