Brake pad

A brake pad for a disc brake has first and second abutment surfaces disposed toward opposite respective ends of the brake pad for mounting the brake pad in the disc brake and, in use, reacting a braking torque acting on the brake pad. The first abutment surface is centered above a neutral moment axis of the pad and facing in a first direction to react a braking torque generated in use during braking of a disc of the disc brake rotating in a particular direction. The second mounting abutment surface is centered below the neutral moment axis, and faces in the same first direction as the first abutment surface to also similarly react the braking torque generated during braking of a disc of the disc brake rotating in the particular direction.

Brake pad

A disc brake comprising: a rotatable disc; at least a pair of brake pads arranged to, in use, frictionally engage opposite sides of the disc and generate a braking torque on the disc, at least one of the pair of brake pads having first and second abutment surfaces disposed toward opposite respective ends of the brake pad for mounting the brake pad; a fixed brake pad mounting located radially outward of the discs and bridging the outer edges of the discs and upon which at least one of the brake pads is mounted, the fixed brake pad mounting comprising first and second fixed brake pad mounting abutment surfaces against which the first and second abutment surfaces of the brake pad abut to, in use, react a braking torque acting on the brake pad generated during braking of the rotatable disc; wherein the first and second abutment mounting surfaces of the brake pad face in the same direction such that, in use, they both react the braking torque generated during braking of the rotatable disc rotating in a first direction, and wherein the brake pad has a neutral moment axis on which the braking torque on the brake pad can be resolved with no rotating moment on the pad, and wherein the first abutment surface is centered above the neutral moment axis and the second mounting abutment surface is centered below the neutral moment axis.

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