Patent ID: 7837015

Claim:
A holding device for brake linings of a disk brake of a road vehicle, the disk brake being provided with the brake linings, a brake caliper with brake lining shafts, into which, in each case, one brake lining and, optionally, one pressure distributor plate is inserted, each brake lining having a lining carrier and a lining material, the holding device comprising: a holding bracket engaging over two of the brake linings that lie opposite one another on both sides of the brake disk, a prestressed, leaflike lining holding spring supported on the holding bracket and acting on a circumferential face of the lining carrier of each brake lining, and at least two lining surround springs that exert a compressive force at least in sections on the circumferential face of the lining carrier of each brake lining, each of the lining surround springs including a web at a first end that engages behind a tab on the circumferential face of its respective lining carrier and an eyelet at a second end that is receivable in a recess in the circumferential face of said respective lining carrier, wherein the lining surround springs are configured in such a way that they cover or enclose in each case one edge region of the lining carrier, and wherein the edge region comprises at least two corner regions of the lining carrier.