Brake caliper of the floating type of a disc brake

Abstract

The present invention relates to a brake caliper (1) of the floating type of a disc brake (100) comprising: a bracket or support element (2) configured to be connected to a vehicle, a caliper body or floating element (3), wherein the caliper body (3) comprises a first caliper body portion or caliper body vehicle-side portion (3.1), wherein the first caliper body portion (3.1) delimits at least one housing seat (5) for thrust means (5a); wherein the caliper body (3) comprises a second caliper body portion or cantilevered caliper body portion (3.2), wherein the second caliper body portion (3.2) projects from the first caliper body portion (3.1) at least in the axial direction (A-A); at least one caliper body sliding guide or caliper body guide pin (11), wherein said at least one caliper body sliding guide (11) is arranged between said caliper body (3) and said bracket (2) to allow a relative sliding between the caliper body (3) and the bracket (2) along an axial direction (A-A); at least two pads (6) having a support plate (7) and a friction material lining (8), each of said at least two pads (6) being positionable on a side of a brake disc (4) of said disc brake (100) facing opposite braking surfaces (4a) of a braking band (4b) of the brake disc (4); said brake disc (4) being a rotor adapted to rotate about a rotation axis (10) which defines said axial direction (A-A), parallel to said rotation axis (10), a radial direction (R-R), orthogonal to said rotation axis (10), and a circumferential direction (C-C) orthogonal to said radial (R-R) and axial (A-A) directions; at least one pad guide pin (12) supported by said bracket (2) and which extends in the axial direction (A-A), said pads (6) being slidingly mounted to said pad guide pin (12) so as to allow said pads (6) to slide in the axial direction (A-A) along said pad guide pin (12); at least one spring (15), shaped to be arranged straddling the brake disc (4), wherein said spring (15) applies an elastic bias to the pads (6) so as to elastically bias the pads (6) away from the brake disc (4) and so as to cause, by means of at least one of said pads (6), the caliper body (3) to slide in said axial direction (A-A), in the direction in which the second caliper body portion (3.2) moves away from the brake disc (4); wherein said spring (15) is also connected to said pad guide pin (12) in addition to being connected to said pads (6).

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