Patent ID: 8627929
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A disc brake having a brake disc, brake pads being pressable against the brake disc, the disc brake comprising: a caliper which, in use, straddles the brake disc, the caliper having a caliper head, a caliper back, and caliper tension struts connecting the caliper head and the caliper back; a retaining bracket arranged on the caliper, the retaining bracket extending in an axial direction of the brake disc and being configured to secure radially the brake pads when arranged in the caliper; a measuring device connectable to an evaluation unit for determining an application force, the measuring device comprising first and second components moveable relative to one another in a brake application direction, the first components being a sensor and the second components being a corresponding part operatively associated with the sensor; and wherein the second component is arranged on the retaining bracket, which retaining bracket is clamped at one end on the caliper back, and the first component is arranged on the caliper at an opposite end from the one end at which the retaining bracket is clamped on the caliper, wherein the retaining bracket is fixed on the caliper back and the sensor is fixed on the caliper head, the retaining bracket being mounted movably in a receiving pocket in the caliper head, wherein the retaining bracket has, as the corresponding part, a measuring hoop fixed on a free end region remote from the caliper back, wherein the sensor comprises first and second sensors, and wherein the measuring hoop has a U-shaped design, each leg of said U-shaped design being associated with one of the first and second sensors.