Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes brake caliper which straddles a brake disc, two brake pads each arranged in a pad channel of a vehicle-side brake carrier. The brake pads are retained in the disk brake under prestress by a pad retaining spring and a pad retaining clip on the brake caliper which spans a opening of the brake caliper. The disc brake further includes a restoring device configured to bias the brake pads away from one another after having been displaced during brake actuation. The restoring device includes sprung spreader elements that engage the opposite brake pads. The sprung spreader elements preferably include V-shaped spreader elements which are supported in the connection region of their respective spring arms on the pad retaining clip, and retained via their ends on the opposing brake pads.

Abstract: A brake control module includes: a first brake-control-valve (BCV), the output of which is connected to at least one controlled port; a second BCV, the output of which is connected to a third controlled port; a third BCV, the output of which is connected to a fourth controlled port; a processor unit, which is adapted to control and/or influence brake pressures; at least one control port, which is adapted to activate at least one of the BCVs; in which the first BCV is connected to a first compressed air supply port, and the second BCV and the third BCV are connected to a second compressed air supply port. The brake control module allows the front and rear axle brake cylinders to be activated. Only one processor unit is required, which is in the central brake control module, and much of the wiring is eliminated.

Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes brake caliper which straddles a brake disc, two brake pads each arranged in a pad channel of a vehicle-side brake carrier. The brake pads are retained in the disk brake under prestress by a pad retaining spring and a pad retaining clip on the brake caliper which spans a opening of the brake caliper. The disc brake further includes a restoring device configured to bias the brake pads away from one another after having been displaced during brake actuation. The restoring device includes sprung spreader elements that engage the opposite brake pads. The sprung spreader elements preferably include V-shaped spreader elements which are supported in the connection region of their respective spring arms on the pad retaining clip, and retained via their ends on the opposing brake pads.