Patent ID: 7240773

Claim:
A disc brake for a commercial vehicle having a brake disc, the disc brake comprising: a caliper configured to straddle the brake disc in an upper circumferential area thereof, the caliper having a two-part construction including an application-side caliper part and a reaction-side caliper part, said reaction-side caliper part accommodating two brake pads, one on each side of the brake disc; a pneumatically or electro-mechanically actuated brake application device arranged only in the application-side caliper part for applying a braking force; and an adjusting system for compensating at least one of brake pad wear and brake disc wear by adjusting a distance between the brake pad and the brake disc, the adjusting system having at least one or more adjusting devices arranged in the reaction-side caliper part, wherein a reaction force generated on the side of the brake disc facing away from the brake application device occurs by at least one of displacing the caliper, swiveling the caliper and displacing the brake disc, and the displacing and/or swiveling movement is limited to essentially a working stroke of the brake.