Patent ID: 8439171
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle disc brake comprising: a pair of caliper supporting arms provided on a caliper bracket which is fixedly provided on a vehicle, the pair of caliper supporting arms extending over an outer edge of a disc rotor in a disc axis direction to support a caliper body; U-shaped pad guide grooves provided in the caliper supporting arms so as to face each other, each U-shaped pad guide groove having lug pieces provided at both side portions of a shoe of each of friction pads which are disposed across the disc rotor, the lug pieces protruding from the both side portions of the shoe of each friction pad; and pad retainers, wherein the lug pieces are movably supported in the pad guide grooves via the pad retainers, each pad retainer includes a connecting piece extending over the outer edge of the disc rotor so as to connect the pair of retainer portions together, and each retainer portion includes each pad returning portion is formed a dislodgement preventing projecting portion is formed through pressing on at least the outer piece of each retainer portion so as to project towards an interior of the corresponding pad guide groove, each dislodgement preventing projecting portion being formed so that the corresponding lug piece can ride thereover when the corresponding lug piece is inserted into the corresponding pad guide groove, each dislodgement preventing projection portion projecting towards an opposite side of the corresponding lug piece to the disc rotor in a state that the corresponding lug piece is inserted into the corresponding pad guide groove, and in a state where the friction pads are assembled to the caliper supporting arms,