Patent ID: 7461725

Claim:
A disk brake comprising a brake disk having a preferred rotational direction; a first brake pad ( 2 ) having a first center of gravity (S 1 ) on a first side of the brake disk ( 4 ), and being the only brake pad on said first side of the brake disk a second brake pad ( 3 ) having a second center of gravity (S 2 ) on a second side of the brake disk ( 4 ), and being the only brake pad on said second side of the brake disk a caliper ( 1 ) for transmitting braking forces produced by the second brake pad ( 3 ) to the first side of the brake disk ( 4 ); and a clamping device ( 5 ) which has a center axis and is configured to push the first brake pad ( 2 ) against the brake disk ( 4 ), wherein the center axis is perpendicular to the main plane of the brake disk ( 4 ) and extends through the first center of gravity (S 1 ), wherein the second center of gravity (S 2 ) is offset, both when the brake is at rest and when actuated, from the first center of gravity (S 1 ) by a predetermined distance (V) in the circumferential direction toward the side of the brake disk ( 4 ) which trails when the disk is rotating in the preferred rotational direction (D), wherein the two centers of gravity (S 1 , S 2 ) are the same radial distance away from the center axis of the brake disk ( 4 ) so that the centers of gravity are circumferentially unsymmetrical and radially symmetrical.