Patent ID: 9365193
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60T,F16D

Claim Text:
1. A fixed caliper brake for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing with two housing limbs and a housing bridge connecting the housing limbs in a flexurally rigid manner at a defined distance from one another, the housing fastened detachably to a stub axle of the motor vehicle, pistons which are received in bores in the housing limbs and are guided displaceably along an axis A in relation to a brake disk such that each housing limb includes at least one of the pistons, and brake pads which are provided in pairs, are guided in an axially displaceable manner in the housing and are arranged in a circumferential direction while being supported against circumferential forces, each brake pad being positioned to be directly actuated by a respective one of the pistons, wherein the housing bridge includes a portion positioned directly radially outward of the brake pads which blocks removal of the brake pads through an opening in the housing bridge, the portion including housing bridge abutment surfaces, the brake pads include a backplate and arms disposed substantially opposite one another, each arm having a first arm portion extending in a first direction relative to the brake pad and a second arm portion extending from the first arm portion in the radially outward direction, the radially outward direction different from the first direction, each arm portion having a brake pad abutment surface facing respective ones of the housing bridge abutment surfaces, the brake pad abutment surfaces directly or indirectly abutting the respective ones of the housing bridge abutment surfaces.