# US 2010/0163350 A1 · Disk Brake > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0163350 A1 - Document ID: US20100163350A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/514,878 - Filed: 2007-10-10 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2006-11-23 - Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG - Inventors: Uwe Bach; Stefan Heinz; Peter Bogenschütz; Ahmed Sefo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100163350A1 ## CPC - F16D 55/226: in which the common actuating member is moved axially {, e.g. floating caliper disc brakes} - F16D 2055/0012: {integral with vehicle suspension} - F16D 2055/0037: {Protective covers} - F16D 2055/0041: {Resilient elements interposed directly between the actuating member and the brake support, e.g. anti-rattle springs} - F16D: COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -12. (canceled) ### Claim 13 A disk brake for a vehicle comprising: 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein the protective screen has a U-shaped bend section which delimits the limb window in the radial direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein, at the transition, an outer edge of the protective screen extends substantially parallel to an outer edge of the housing finger in a circumferential projection. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein the transition is of substantially stepless design in the axial direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The disk brake as claimed in claim 16, wherein an axial offset for holding the protective screen is provided on the end sections of the housing fingers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein the protective screen has a central section which substantially conceals the limb window. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The disk brake as claimed in claim 18, wherein the protective screen, comprising the bend section and the central section, is formed in one piece. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a spring arrangement for generating a preload force that is positioned between the bracket and the caliper housing. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The disk brake as claimed in claim 20, wherein a receptacle, into which the spring arrangement engages, is provided in the end sections of the housing fingers. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein the protective screen is arranged on the spring arrangement. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein the protective screen and the spring arrangement are arranged, with common connecting means, on the outer housing limb. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The disk brake as claimed in claim 13, wherein connecting means are arranged on the protective screen, which connecting means engage into the housing fingers and fix the protective screen to the caliper housing.