FRICTION LINING WITH A STEEL WIRE BOW SPRING

A friction lining (1) with a wire bow spring (4) comprising leg springs (5, 6) for the radially elastic support of the friction lining (1) on a housing bridge of a brake caliper, wherein the back plate (2) has a receptacle (12) for a friction-lining wear sensor (19), and wherein a steel wire bow spring (4) is asymmetrical to at least one longitudinal axis, and the wire bow spring (4) is symmetrical to an imaginary transverse axis arranged rotated by 90 DEG with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the steel wire bow has a central U-bow (15) for the friction-lining wear sensor (19), and wherein the U-bow (15) is designed to be open at the top, the friction-lining wear sensor (19) is accommodated integrated in the central U-bow (15), and the U-bow (15) is substantially larger than the friction-lining wear sensor (19), and therefore the friction-lining wear sensor (19); can be mounted in the radial direction in the receptacle (12) in the back plate (2).