Patent ID: 8037976

Claim:
A disc brake having a brake disc, the disc brake comprising: a caliper which, in use, straddles the brake disc; a positionally fixed carrier; two fastening elements operatively configured to fasten the caliper to the carrier so as to be axially moveable in relation to the brake disc; each fastening element having a guide bar fixedly connected to the carrier, one guide bar being guided in a plain bearing embodied as a fixed bearing and the other guide bar being guided in a plain bearing embodied as a floating bearing; wherein at least the floating bearing comprises a guide bush with an elastomer bearing sleeve, the guide bush engaging around the guide bar and being immovably connected to the caliper; and wherein a cap covers an end side of the guide bar facing away from the brake disc, said cap resting at its open end against the caliper and being fastened to the elastomer bearing sleeve at least in an axial partial region at an outer side of the elastomer bearing sleeve in order to cover both an end side of the guide bush and a sleeve encasing the elastomer bearing sleeve.