Brake Carrier for a Disc Brake

A disc brake for a utility vehicle, comprising:

• a brake disc,
• a frame-shaped brake carrier which engages over a subsection of the brake disc and has pad slots integrally formed on both sides of the brake disc,
• brake pads which are inserted into the pad slots of the brake carrier and have a respective back plate and a friction pad arranged on the back plate,
• a suction device for extracting abraded material arising during braking operations,
• wherein the brake carrier comprises:
• a frame-shaped basic body comprising (i) two bridge struts aligned parallel to each other and on each of which a pad slot for receiving a brake pad is integrally formed, and (ii) respective disc-encompassing portions connecting ends of the two bridge struts to one another,
• wherein a cavity is provided in at least one of the two disc-encompassing portions,
• wherein the cavity has at least one inlet opening for sucking in abraded material arising during braking operations, said at least one inlet opening being open toward an interior space surrounded by the frame-shaped basic body, and an outlet opening for discharging the abraded material that has entered through the at least one inlet opening,
• wherein the suction device comprises a suction pipe adjoining the outlet opening.