Patent ID: 8276718

Claim:
A disk brake for a vehicle comprising: at least one brake disk, which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis; a brake caliper associated with the brake disk, said brake caliper including a bracket which is fixed with respect to the vehicle, a caliper housing and at least one brake lining, the bracket and the caliper housing engaging axially around the brake disk, the caliper housing and the brake lining being mounted on the bracket so as to be movable in an axial direction; said caliper housing having an axially inner housing limb which faces toward the vehicle, an outer housing limb and a housing bridge, the outer housing limb comprising at least two housing fingers which extend in a substantially radial direction, the housing fingers spanning a limb window which is situated between the housing fingers, the limb window is open in the direction of the rotational axis, each housing finger having one end section which faces toward the rotational axis; a spring arrangement for generating a preload force that is positioned between the bracket and the caliper housing; and a protective screen that at least partially covers the spring arrangement, completely covers the end sections of the housing fingers, and conceals a section that faces toward the rotational axis of the limb window, wherein an outer dimension of the protective screen in a circumferential direction is substantially equal to a spacing between outer edges of the housing fingers such that a transition between the protective screen and the housing fingers is substantially stepless in a circumferential projection.