Appeal No. 2004-1704
Application No. 10/225,994
1. A brake pad comprising:
a backing plate formed of a metal and having at
least one hole extending therethrough;
a friction material formed on a first face of
said backing plate, said friction material having a
hole aligned with said hole in said backing plate; and
a sensor extending through said hole in said
backing plate, said sensor having
an enlarged shoulder with an outer diameter
greater than an inner diameter of said hole in said
backing plate and abutting a second face of said
backing plate, wherein said enlarged shoulder is
integrated with an outer periphery of said sensor,
a locking member attached to said sensor on said
first face of said backing plate and extending through
said hole in said friction material, said locking
member locking said sensor to said backing plate, said
locking member having a bore,
a sensor portion that passes through said hole in
said backing plate and said hole in said friction
material, wherein the sensor portion has a greatest
outer diameter that can be inserted through said bore
in said locking member to mount said locking member
onto said sensor, wherein said locking member has an
outer diameter that is greater than said inner
diameter of said hole in said backing plate such that
said locking member abuts said first face of said
backing plate.
2. A brake pad as recited in Claim 1, wherein
said sensor has a small diameter sensor portion
extending forwardly from said shoulder, said locking
member being a sleeve surrounding said sensor portion.
4. A brake pad as recited in Claim 1, wherein
one of said sensor and said locking member has a
groove and the other has a lip which snaps into said
groove.
8. A brake pad as recited in Claim 1, wherein
said hole is a rivet hole, and is one of a plurality
of rivet holes through said backing plate.
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