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Granted Patent B2
US 12,692,922 · App. 17/705,211 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Brake pad

Inventor: Florian Weichert (Wiesbaden, DE)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
F16D69/00F16D65/095F16D2069/004
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Patent No.
US 12,692,922
App. No.
17/705,211
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a brake pad for a disk brake, comprising a backplate, and a friction layer with a friction surface configured for engaging with a brake disk. The friction layer has a pressure groove, the pressure groove extending from a leading edge of the friction layer. The pressure groove is delimited by the friction surface on an outer circumferential side, and on in inner circumferential side, and on a trailing side, and is open on a leading side.

Claims (17)

1 . A brake pad for a disk brake, comprising:

a backplate; and

a friction layer with a friction surface configured for engaging with a brake disk,

wherein the friction layer has a pressure groove, the pressure groove extending from a leading edge of the friction layer to a center of the friction surface,

wherein the pressure groove is delimited by an outer circumferential side on the friction surface, an inner circumferential side on the friction surface, and a trailing side, and is open on a leading side and closed on the trailing side, the outer circumferential side and the inner circumferential side formed along in an extension direction of the pressure groove,

wherein at least a portion of a base surface of the pressure groove has a flat surface with a constant depth in the extension direction of the pressure groove, and

wherein the pressure groove has a chamfered side area that slopes from at least one of the inner circumferential side or the outer circumferential side toward the base surface.

2 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove extends over at least 10% or at least 20% or at least 30% or at least 40% of a length of the friction surface, the length of the friction surface being measured from the leading edge to a trailing edge.

3 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove has a width of at least 10% or at least 15% of a width of the friction surface and/or at most 50% or at most 40% of a width of the friction surface, the width of the friction surface being measured from an inner circumferential edge to an outer circumferential edge.

4 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the base surface of the pressure groove is parallel to the friction surface.

5 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the base surface is sloped with respect to the friction surface.

6 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove is arranged centrally between an outer circumferential edge and an inner circumferential edge of the friction layer.

7 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove extends in a tangential direction from the leading edge towards a trailing edge.

8 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove extends at an angle with respect to a tangential direction, wherein the pressure groove extends from the leading edge

angled circumferentially outward, or

angled circumferentially inward.

9 . The brake pad according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure groove extends over at most 80% or at most 70% or at most 60% or at most 50% of a length of the friction surface, the length of the friction surface being measured from the leading edge to a trailing edge.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2023
From: WEICHERT, FLORIAN
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064469/0237 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062198/0460 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2021 107 745.1 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
DE 10 2022 202 856.2 · Mar 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220307565A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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