Caliper-type disk brakes

Claim 1

DISK BRAKE COMPRISING: AN AXIALLY FIXED ROTATABLE DISK AND AXIALLY MOVABLE NON-ROTATABLE HOUSING HAVING LIMBS STRADDLING SAID DISK, A PAIR OF ELONGATED BACKING PLATES EACH AXIALLY LOCATED BETWEEN A LIMB OF SAID HOUSING AND A SIDE OF SAID DISK, SAID BACKING PLATES EACH HAVING END PORTIONS EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OUTWARD FROM SAID HOUSING, A FRICTION PAD MLEMBER CONNECTED TO EACH SAID BACKING PLATE BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS AND AXIALLY LOCATED BETWEEN A BACKING PLATE AND A SIDE OF SAID DISK, AT LEAST ONE FLUID MOTOR IN A LIMB OF SAID HOUSING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID FRICTION PAD MEMBERS WITH SAID DISK TO TRANSMIT TORQUE FROM SAID DISK TO SAID BACKING PLATS, AN AXIALLY AND ROTATIONALLY FIXED SUPPORT INCLUDING A PAIR OF FIXED THRUST ANCHORS LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DISK, APERTURES IN SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID BACKING PLATES, ANCHOR PINS FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID THRUST ANCHORS EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID APERTURES IN SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID BACKING PLATES AND LOCATED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OUTWARD IN SAID APERTURES TO PROVIDE TRAILING RESTRAINT BY SAID FRICTION PAD MEMBERS ON SAID DISK, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOUSING ON SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID BACKING PLATES FOR SOLELY SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING THEREBY, SAID HOUSING AND SAID MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOUSING BEING FREE FROM TORSIONAL FORCES TRANSMITTED TO SAID BACKING PLATES FROM SAID DISK.