Patent ID: 7137488

Claim:
A brake caliper for applying braking force to a rotor, said brake caliper having first and second members straddling said rotor, said first and second members connected by at least one bridge, said bridge having at least one cross member and at least two anchor members, each said anchor member having at least one hole formed therein, wherein said bridge is removably connected to said first and second members, wherein said first member includes at least one channel provided therein for receiving an anchor member of said bridge, said first member further having at least one hole formed therein in substantial alignment with said channel; wherein said second member includes at least one channel provided therein for receiving an anchor member of said bridge, said second member further having at least one hole formed therein in substantial alignment with said channel; wherein said anchor members of said bridge capable of fitting in said channel of said first member and said channel of said second member, such that said holes in said anchor members coaxially align with said hole in said first member and said hole in said second member; wherein a securing means is capable of passing through said hole in said first member and engaging said hole in said bridge for securing said first member to said bridge; and a securing means is capable of passing through said hole in said second member and engaging said hole in said bridge for securing said second member to said bridge.