Disc brake for a vehicle

A disc brake for a vehicle comprising:

• a stationary member integral with a body of the vehicle;
• a first and a second friction pad of plate like shape parallely arranged along a first direction transverse to a wheel axis, each pad being movably mounted to said stationary member in a second direction parallel to the wheel axis;
• a brake disc having a first and a second working surface parallely arranged along said first direction, said brake disc being secured to said wheel axis so that the disc rotates in accordance with the rotation of the wheel axis, and said brake disk being arranged between said first and second friction pads so that the first working surface faces the first pad while the second working surface faces the second pad;
• a caliper plate loosely fitted to the stationary member so that it is positioned to be parallel to said second direction, said caliper plate being arranged around the friction pads and has a first and a second inner end facing each other in said second direction, said first inner end being situated adjacent to said first friction pad;
• a hydraulic mechanism arranged in the stationary member so that it is located between said second friction pad and said second inner end of the caliper plate, which hydraulic mechanism is capable of co-operating with said second friction pad to move said second pad toward said second working surface of the brake disc in said second direction so that said second pad touches said second working surface and is capable of co-operating with said second inner end of the caliper plate to move the caliper plate away from said second friction pad in said second direction so that said first pad touches said first working surface of the brake disc;
• a pair of spaced apart arms formed integral with the stationary member in cantilever fashion along said second direction so that the first and the second friction pads are situated between said arms, the arms operating to receive brake torque generated between the friction pads and the brake disc in a circumferential direction of the disc when said hydraulic mechanism is operated to brake the vehicle;
• a bridge member arranged between free ends of said arms, and;
• resilient means disposed between said bridge member and said caliper plate so that they are resiliently separated from each other in one direction transverse to the caliper plate and so that the caliper plate is resiliently held against movement thereof in another direction parallel to the caliper plate,
• whereby rattling of the caliper plate, due to said loose fitting of the caliper plate to the stationary member, is prevented while the vehicle is moving.