identified generally as 10 in accordance with the present invention the disc brake assembly 10 is illustrated in fig1 as single piston floating type caliper however the present invention may be applied to multiple piston brake assemblies and fixed type calipers without departing from the inventive concept described herein in addition the application of fig1 u2014 wherein the present invention is illustrated for attenuating noise and vibration in a disc brake assembly and for providing isolation decoupling and heat dissipation is purely exemplary accordingly the present invention can also be incorporated into a drum brake assembly not shown between the drum brake shoe and drum brake backing plate to damp the noise and vibration produced in the drum brake assembly and for providing isolation and heat dissipation therein the disc brake assembly 10 of fig1 includes one or more friction members defined herein by first and second brake pads 14 15 respectively each disposed on a respective side of a rotating member such as rotor 12 the rotor 12 is rotatably mounted with the axle of a vehicle wheel not shown and configured to transmit braking forces from the disc brake assembly 10 to the wheel the first and second brake pads 14 15 each include a respective backing plate 16 17 of sufficient rigidity to support a frictional lining 18 19 correspondingly mounted on the backing plate face 28 29 proximate to the rotor 12 the frictional lining 18 19 is the element of the brake pads 14 15 that contacts the rotor 12 to provide the frictional force necessary to slow the vehicle not shown as will be discussed in detail below the first and second brake pads 14 15 are slidably supported.