Disk Brake
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Abstract
A disk brake having a brake disk, a brake caliper including a bracket, a caliper housing and a brake lining. The bracket and the caliper housing engage axially around the brake disk, with the caliper housing and the brake lining movable in an axial direction. The caliper housing has outer housing limb comprising two housing fingers which run substantially in a radial direction and which span a limb window situated between them and which is open in the direction of the rotational axis, with the housing fingers having one end section facing the rotational axis. A protective screen covers end sections of the housing fingers and conceals a section of the limb window that faces the rotational axis, with an outer dimension of the protective screen in a circumferential direction such that a transition between the protective screen and the housing fingers is substantially stepless in an axial projection.
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Citations
24 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A disk brake for a vehicle comprising:
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at least one brake disk, which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis; a brake caliper associated with the brake disk, said brake caliper including a bracket which is fixed with respect to the vehicle, a caliper housing and at least one brake lining, the bracket and the caliper housing engaging axially around the brake disk, the caliper housing and the brake lining being mounted on the bracket so as to be movable in an axial direction, said caliper housing having an axially inner housing limb which faces toward the vehicle, an outer housing limb and a housing bridge, the outer housing limb comprising at least two housing fingers which extend in a substantially radial direction, the housing fingers spanning a limb window which is situated between the housing fingers, the limb window is open in the direction of the rotational axis, each housing finger having one end section which faces toward the rotational axis, and a protective screen that completely covers the end sections of the housing fingers and conceals a section that faces toward the rotational axis of the limb window, wherein an outer dimension of the protective screen in a circumferential direction is selected such that a transition between the protective screen and the housing fingers is substantially stepless in a circumferential projection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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