Patent ID: 7849977

Claim:
A disc brake for a utility vehicle, comprising: a caliper which straddles a brake disc at least in a peripheral edge region thereof when in use; a brake application device for applying the disc brake; an application-side brake lining and a reaction-side brake lining respectively arranged on opposite sides of the brake disc when in use, each lining having a lining carrier plate and a lining material arranged on the carrier plate; wherein the reaction-side brake lining is operatively configured such that, on a side of the lining carrier plate away from the lining material, the only features arranged to be used as brake lining retaining features for retaining the brake lining in the brake caliper are configured in at least one of the following ways: a) the lining carrier plate has one or more through recesses into which one or more corresponding elements engage, said one or more elements being in one piece with or fixed to the caliper and projecting from the caliper toward the lining carrier plate; b) the lining carrier plate has one or more through recesses into which one or more corresponding separate elements engage, said elements also engaging in corresponding recesses formed in the caliper, and wherein each of the one or more recesses are covered by covering strip applied to a side of the lining carrier plate which receives the lining material prior to application of the lining material and, when more than one recess is present, each covering strip is connected to another covering strip by at least one strut to form a covering frame.