Patent ID: 8528707

Claim:
A disc brake for a vehicle, the disc brake comprising: a disc rotating together with a vehicle wheel; inner and outer friction pads disposed at both sides of the disc, respectively; a wedge unit installed at rear sides of the inner and outer friction pads to press the inner and outer friction pads against the disc; a driving device that operates the wedge unit for a braking operation; and a sync member for synchronizing braking positions of the inner and outer friction pads with respect to the disc, wherein the sync member and wedge unit are coupled to each other so that the sync member and wedge unit are collectively movable in a direction transverse to a rotational axis of said disc, the wedge unit includes sliding wedge parts installed at the rear sides of the inner and outer friction pads and formed at rear sides thereof with oblique surfaces, respectively; and inner and outer wedge parts formed with oblique surfaces corresponding to the oblique surfaces of the sliding wedge parts and supported by a caliper housing of the vehicle.