Patent ID: 6851524

Claim:
A disc brake for a motor vehicle comprising a caliper bracket to be secured to a vehicle body on the outer side of a disc rotor with respect to the vehicle body, a caliper body supported by the caliper bracket to be slidable in an axial direction of the disc rotor and a pair of friction pads disposed to oppose each other through the disc rotor; the caliper body containing an actuation section and a reaction section located on the inner side and on the outer side of the disc rotor with respect to the vehicle body, as well as, a bridge connecting the actuation section integrally with the reaction section over a peripheral edge of the disc rotor; wherein the caliper bracket comprises a bracket main body and a connecting arm which are disposed respectively on the outer side and on the inner side of the disc rotor with respect to the vehicle body, as well as, a pair of caliper supporting arms, which connect the bracket main body with the connecting arm at their disc turning-in side end portions and at their disc turning-out side end portions, respectively; the bracket main body and the connecting arm have torque receiving portions at least on the disc turning-out side respectively to receive braking torques from the respective friction pads; the bracket main body has a disc turning-in side fixing portion and a disc turning-out side fixing portion securing the caliper bracket to the vehicle body on the outer side of the disc rotor, and the disc turning-out side fixing portion is located outer than a disc turning-out side torque receiving portion toward the disc turning-out side and substantially on the peripheral edge of the disc rotor.