Patent ID: 7815022

Claim:
A brake caliper for a disk brake of a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing formed with mutually spaced-apart, oppositely disposed brake caliper limbs and at least one brake caliper bridge connecting said brake caliper limbs to one another; said brake caliper limbs and said brake caliper bridge forming an exposed edge defining an integrated supporting frame extending in a closed manner all around and having longitudinal and transverse edges; said housing of the brake caliper being formed with recesses for hydraulic pistons for loading brake linings; fastening elements connecting said housing of the brake caliper via said supporting frame to a reinforcing element formed of a profile element that is open at at least one of said brake caliper limbs of said housing; wherein said reinforcing element comprises a single-piece C-profile element, having a longitudinal web and attached transverse webs, and in each case adjoining projections on said transverse webs, and wherein said longitudinal web is directly connected to a wheel carrier or pivoting bearing oriented toward a vehicle wheel together with the brake caliper.