An air disk brake caliper housing is disclosed. The caliper housing includes a open rear end portion that opens into a passageway for receiving an actuator/adjuster mechanism. To minimize the outer contour of the caliper housing to alleviate packaging concerns with respect to a vehicle axle, the passageway is offset above an operating position for the actuator/adjuster mechanism. As the actuator/adjuster mechanism is inserted into the offset passageway, it passes a retaining step formed in the interior of the passageway to provide sufficient running clearance for gears of the actuator/adjuster mechanism. Once passing the retaining step, the actuator/adjuster mechanism may be dropped down to the appropriate operating height and installed in the operating position within the caliper.

A vehicle brake assembly includes a multi-component lever assembly. The lever assembly includes a push rod receiving insert received into a push rod receiving insert opening. The multi-component lever assembly provides for alternate final configurations during the final assembly stages of the brake assembly. The operating shaft is assembled into the brake housing through a housing opening which is closed off by a closing plate. The push rod receiving insert received is then passed through a push rod opening and into the push rod receiving insert opening until locked in place.

The invention relates to a disk brake provided with a brake caliper comprising a brake disk, a sliding member which can be displaced in a vertical manner in relation to the surface of the brake disk in the brake caliper and can be engaged against the brake disk, and a clamping device comprising a rotary lever and a rotational body. In one embodiment of the invention, the rotary lever comprises a domed-shaped control surface whereon the rotational body is arranged in a rotational contact position. By pivoting said rotary lever in a radial segment bearing, the rotational body and the rotary lever modify their position, in relation to each other, such that the sliding member is displaced in order to apply braking force. The rotational body then carries out a full rotational movement on the control surface.

A compressed-air disk brake for vehicles comprises an actuating device for applying brake blocks in the direction of a brake disk and a brake cylinder, which, on arrival of the compressed air, initiates a braking action via the actuating device. At least one control module, comprising individual pneumatic and electronic components, is incorporated into the brake and/or the associated brake cylinder. For example, the control module may be formed directly on the brake cylinder housing section which encloses the ventilation chamber.

An application device for a disk brake includes an application shaft extending transversely of an application axis, a first support for supporting the application shaft on an application element, which is shiftable in the direction of the application axis, and a second support for supporting the application shaft on an abutment. The first and second supports have arc-shaped support surfaces on the application shaft, wherein the directions of the curvature of the support surfaces are the same, but the imaginary centers thereof do not coincide. The first and/or the second support has a support element which can shift transversely of the application axis. The support element is a sliding element, which is supported with a second flat slide face on a first flat slide face provided on the abutment or on the application element.