Patent ID: 8869677

Claim:
Piston for a brake caliper of a disc brake, which is produced in forming processes from a metallic material and is constructed as a pot which is open at one end, said piston comprising: a longitudinal axis, a wall, and a piston head, wherein the piston is configured to be placed against a brake pad in a region of the piston head by an axial contact surface, a projection having a conical surface for an application of a drive nut for mechanical actuation being provided on an inner surface of the piston head, wherein a recess, which is substantially at a same distance (A) from the longitudinal axis as the projection, is provided in an outer surface of the piston head, wherein the piston and the drive nut are each produced in a forming process from a flat metallic sheet metal, wherein a positive-locking anti-twist safeguard for the piston interacts with the drive nut, and wherein the anti-twist safeguard is constructed with the piston at an open end of the piston.