Patent ID: 7331826

Claim:
An electric disk brake which is adapted to generate a braking force by pressing brake pads against a disk rotor by means of an electric motor provided in a caliper body and in which an electric portion for said electric motor and a predetermined number of wires provided in a harness are connected and disconnected by means of a connector, wherein: said connector comprises a caliper body-side connector and a harness-side connector respectively provided in said caliper body and said harness; said caliper body-side connector includes a set of a predetermined number of caliper body-side terminals connected to said electric portion for the electric motor; said harness-side connector includes a set of a predetermined number of harness-side terminals connected to one end of each of said predetermined number of wires, said wires in said harness extending from said harness-side connector in a direction along a disk surface of said disk rotor when said harness-side connector is attached to said caliper body-side connector; one of said harness and said caliper body includes two types, one of the two types being formed such that the predetermined number of terminals of the connector are arranged in a first direction and the other type being formed such that the predetermined number of terminals of the connector are arranged in a direction opposite to said first direction, the other of said harness and said caliper body includes a single type, the predetermined number of terminals of the connector being arranged in a predetermined direction, and said wires in said harness mounted for use with a right wheel and those in said harness mounted for use with a left wheel can extend in a direction towards the same side of a vehicle, by selection of said two types.