Patent ID: 7201258

Claim:
Disc brake having a brake carrier which is adapted to be fastened to a vehicle and which includes bolts for supporting at least one brake pad, wherein the bolts during braking exert tension forces and compression forces on the at least one brake pad, wherein the at least one brake pad comprises a pair of U-shaped recesses which engage the bolts for axially movably guiding the at least one brake pad relative to a brake disc, wherein the pair of U-shaped recesses are respectively arranged at a leading side and at a trailing side of the at least one brake pad such that the tension forces and compression forces are exerted on the brake pad at inner surfaces of the respective U-shaped recesses, and wherein the at least one brake pad is mounted with the U-shaped recesses from above onto the bolts such that a respective one of the bolts is received within each of the U-shaped recesses.