Sliding-caliper disc brake

A disc brake design with a sliding caliper. In one type, the caliper floats on the caliper frame grooves. The major components are: caliper (a casting with one cylinder and piston), caliper frame (casting) which is bolted to the suspension. In another type, the caliper floats on caliper locating pins. See pin slider caliper disc brake. A third type, is the floating-frame disc brake. Sometimes subtle design differences are used to differentiate between "sliding caliper disc brakes" and "floating caliper disc brakes", but usually these terms are treated synonymously.