Patent ID: 9004237
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
1. A self-energizing disc brake, comprising: a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement with a reservoir circuit and an expansion vessel; a brake-application device having at least one brake-application cylinder for the brake-application movement of at least one brake pad in the direction of a brake disc; at least one force transmission unit which supports the at least one brake pad on the brake-application device at a wedge angle, the at least one force transmission unit having a diverting lever and shoulder element attached thereto; at least one tangential force absorption cylinder for wedge angle switching, which tangential force absorption cylinder is operatively connected to the at least one force transmission unit; an electromotive actuator which acts on the brake-application device via the hydraulic arrangement; a control unit for controlling the wedge angle switching between the tangential force absorption cylinder and the electromotive actuator; and a readjustment device having wherein