Patent ID: 7491094

Claim:
An electric disk brake which is adapted to generate a braking force by means of an electric motor provided in a caliper body and in which an electric portion for said electric motor and a predetermined number of wires provided in a harness are connected and disconnected by means of a connector, wherein: said connector comprises a caliper body-side connector and a harness-side connector respectively provided in said caliper body and said harness; said caliper body-side connector includes a set of a predetermined number of caliper body-side terminals connected to said electric portion for the electric motor; said harness-side connector includes a set of a predetermined number of harness-side terminals connected to one end of each of said predetermined number of wires; one of the set of the caliper body-side terminals and the set of the harness-side terminals includes a pair of sets of a predetermined number of terminals connected to said electric portion for the electric motor or said one end of the wires, said pair of sets of terminals forming a first set of terminals and a second set of terminals; said first set of terminals and said second set of terminals are provided in two rows, respectively, said terminals in said first set of terminals are arranged in a first direction in one of the two rows, and said terminals in said second set of terminals are arranged in the other of the two rows in a direction opposite to the first direction in terms of an order of arrangement of terminals; and the other of the set of the caliper body-side terminals and the set of the harness-side terminals includes a set of the predetermined number of terminals connected to said electric portion for the electric motor or said one end of the wires, the set of the predetermined number of terminals is connected to either the first set of terminals or the second set of terminals of said one of the set of the caliper body-side terminals and the set of the harness-side terminals, depending on a direction of said caliper body-side connector relative to a direction of said harness-side connector when they are fittingly connected to each other.