DISK BRAKE, IN PARTICULAR FOR UTILITY VEHICLES, AND BRAKE PAD OF A DISK BRAKE OF SAID TYPE
A disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake disk, having a brake caliper which engages over the brake disk, having a brake carrier (14), having a brake pad (16) and having a brake-application device which presses the brake pad against the brake disk during braking operations, wherein the brake pad is situated in a U-shaped slot, and the two legs of the "U" serve for supporting the brake pad in the circumferential direction of the brake disk and the "base" (32, 34) of the "U" serves for supporting the brake pad in a radially inward direction, wherein the spacing (B1) between the two legs of the "U" at the radially outer ends thereof is smaller than the spacing (B2) at the radially inner ends thereof.