Brake caliper

A brake caliper for a disc brake, comprising:

• a caliper body,
• a brake pad and
• at least one retraction device of the brake pad from a braking disc, said at least one retraction device being configured to retract said brake pad from at least one of opposite braking surfaces delimited by the braking disc;
• wherein the brake pad comprises a friction material delimiting a pad plane adapted to lean against at least one of the braking surfaces to exert a braking action on the braking disc, said brake pad being adapted to receive a thrust along an axial direction by at least one thrust device hosted in the caliper body;
• wherein the caliper body delimits a first pad abutment surface, inclined in a non-orthogonal direction with respect to the pad plane and with respect to said axial direction, to delimit a tapered space with at least one of the braking surfaces of the braking disc, the first pad abutment surface being oriented so that, during the braking action, said first pad abutment surface guides the brake pad wedging in the tapered space;
• wherein the brake pad delimits a retraction surface, inclined in a non-orthogonal direction with respect to the pad plane and oriented so that, during the retraction action, the brake pad is guided partially outside of the tapered space, and in that the at least one retraction device of the brake pad comprises a working portion, movable in a transverse direction, incident or substantially orthogonal with respect to the axial direction, said portion being pressed in abutment of the retraction surface, slidably along the latter, to retract the brake pad.