Patent ID: 6926124

Claim:
A floating disk brake comprising a rotor having a central axis, a mount, a caliper supported on said mount so as to be slidable in the direction of said central axis, and a slide guide through which said caliper is slidably supported on said mount, said slide guide including a slide pin and a pin hole in which is received said slide pin, wherein with respect to said mount, said caliper is movable less freely in a direction tangential to said rotor than in a radial direction of said rotor; wherein said pin is fixed to one of said mount and said caliper, and said pin hole is formed in the other of said mount and said caliper; and wherein a first clearance is defined between said caliper and said mount in a direction tangential to said rotor, and a second clearance is defined between said slide pin and said pin hole, said first clearance determining the freedom of movement of said caliper in the tangential direction of said rotor relative to said mount, said second clearance determining the freedom of movement of said caliper in the radial direction of said rotor relative to said mount, said first clearance being smaller than said second clearance, whereby said caliper is movable less freely relative to said mount in the tangential direction of said rotor than in the radial direction of said rotor.