Brake Lining for a Disc Brake, Disc-Brake Hold-Down for Brake Linings of a Disc Brake

A brake pad for a disk brake, which brake pad is composed of a friction pad (4), which is designed to make contact with the brake disk of the disk brake, and of a backplate (5), the front side of which is formed as a fastening surface (16) for the friction pad (4) and the rear side (17) of which is formed as a pressure surface for the transmission of the brake pressure, wherein the circumferential contour of the backplate (5) is defined by an upper margin (21), a lower margin (22) and two side margins (23A, 23B) extending between the upper and the lower margin, and also the circumferential contour of the friction pad (4) is defined by an upper margin (31), a lower margin and two side margins extending between the upper and the lower margin, and wherein the upper margins (21 and 31 respectively) of the backplate (5) and of the friction pad (4) each have a main profile which is interrupted, in the center between the two side margins (23A, 23B) of the backplate (5), by a depression (25 and 35 respectively) of the upper margin (21 and 31 respectively) in the direction of the lower margin (22) of the backplate (5), wherein, on the rear side (17) of the backplate (5), a projection (40) integrally formed which

• is arranged closer to the upper margin (21) than to the lower margin (22) of the backplate (5), and/or
• is equipped, for the purposes of support in a pad receptacle, with a support surface (42) facing toward the lower margin (22), and/or
• is equipped with a hold-down surface (43) which faces away from the support surface (42) and which is arranged lower than the depression (25) in the backplate (5).

A disk brake having a brake caliper (1) which engages over a brake disk (2) and over brake pads (3) arranged to both sides of said brake disk, which brake pads are each composed of a friction pad (4) and of a backplate (5), wherein the circumferential contour of the backplate (5) of the brake pad which is arranged further toward the outside of the vehicle is defined by an upper margin (21), a lower margin (22) and two side margins (23A, 23B) extending between the upper and the lower margin, and also the circumferential contour of the friction pad (4) is defined by an upper margin (31), a lower margin and two side margins extending between the upper and the lower margin, and wherein a hold-down means (7) with a longitudinal extent and a width much smaller than said longitudinal extent leads transversely across the brake pads (3), is supported, toward the disk brake axis (A), against the brake pads, has, over the predominant part of its overall length, a flat base (7C) adjoined by side flanks (8A, 8B) arranged at an angle with respect to said base, and has, over another part of its overall length, an end region with a different cross-sectional form, wherein:

• the end region is formed by an S-shaped cranked portion (11) adjoining the base (7C) and by a straight longitudinal section (12) adjoining the cranked portion (11),
• the straight longitudinal section (12) has a bearing surface (12A) which runs parallel to and spaced apart from the base (7C),
• the main profile of the upper margins (21 and 31 respectively) of the backplate (5) and of the friction pad (4) is interrupted, where the hold-down means (7) leads across the brake pad (3), by a depression (25 and 35 respectively) of the upper margin (21 and 31 respectively) in the direction of the brake disk axis (A), and
• the depressions (25 and 35 respectively) are wider than the width (B) of the downwardly cranked hold-down means section.

A disk brake having a brake caliper (1) which engages over a brake disk (2) and over brake pads (3) arranged to both sides of said brake disk, which brake pads are each composed of a friction pad (4) and of a backplate (5), wherein the circumferential contour of the backplate (5) of the brake pad which is arranged further toward the outside of the vehicle is defined by an upper margin (21), which runs in predominantly circular-arc-shaped fashion, a lower margin (22), and two side margins (23A, 23B) extending between the upper and the lower margin, and wherein a hold-down means (7) with a longitudinal extent and a width much smaller than said longitudinal extent leads transversely across the brake pads (3), is supported, toward the disk brake axis (A), against the brake pads, has, over the predominant part of its overall length, a flat base (7C) adjoined by side flanks (8A, 8B) arranged at an angle with respect to said base, and has, over another part of its overall length, an end region with a different cross-sectional form, wherein:

• the end region is formed by an S-shaped cranked portion (11) adjoining the base (7C) and by a straight longitudinal section (12) adjoining the cranked portion (11),
• the straight longitudinal section (12) has a bearing surface (12A) which runs parallel to and spaced apart from the base (7C),
• the circular arc shape of the upper margin (21) of the backplate (5) is interrupted, where the hold-down means (7) leads across the brake pad (3), by a depression (25) of the upper margin (21) in the direction of the disk brake axis (A), and
• the depressions (25) is wider than the width (B) of the downwardly cranked hold-down means section.