Patent ID: 9291226
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: F16D

Claim Text:
1. A disk brake for commercial vehicles, comprising: a brake pad that includes a back plate and a brake lining, a brake application device for pressing the brake pad against a brake disk, a pressure plate by way of which the brake application device presses the brake pad against the brake disk during a braking process, wherein the pressure plate is disposed on a side of the back plate opposite to the brake lining, and wherein the pressure plate includes an inclined guide extending from the pressure plate toward the brake pad with the guide receivable within and moveable along a guide slot with the guide slot defining a path extending from the brake disk and lying obliquely to a brake axis during the braking process, wherein the pressure plate includes a projection extending towards the brake pad and the brake lining, and the back plate of the brake pad defines a recess which accommodates the projection in an assembled state, with a depth of the recess at least equal to a thickness of the back plate of the brake pad.