Patent ID: 7219773

Claim:
A disc brake for a vehicle comprising: a caliper bracket fixed to a vehicle body; a pair of caliper support arms striding an outer periphery of a disc rotor in a disc axial direction; pad guide grooves formed in the caliper support arms so as to be opposed to each other; friction pads disposed on both sides of the disc rotor, the friction pads having ears projected from both side portions of a back plate thereof; and pad retainers disposed on the pad guide grooves, the ears of the friction pads being movably supported by the pad guide grooves and between receiving portions of the pad retainers, wherein the pad retainers each has: pad returning portions for urging the friction pads away from the disc rotor, the pad returning portions extending between the receiving portions and contact the ear of the friction pads so as to urge the friction pads away from the disc rotor, and pad falling-off preventive portions for preventing the friction pads from falling off the caliper support arms in the disc axial direction.