Patent ID: 8511439
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
1. A self-energizing disk brake comprising: a brake application unit for applying the brake lining to one side of a brake disk with an application movement of the brake lining relative to the brake disk, the application movement having a component extending parallel to a rotational axis of the brake disk and another component extending parallel to a friction surface of the brake disk in a circumferential direction relative to the rotational axis of the disk brake, the brake application unit including a self-energizing device; an electric actuator in which an activation force applied thereto is amplified using the self-energizing device, the self-energizing device being arranged between the electric actuator and a brake lining; at least one electromotive drive driven by the electric actuator for activating the brake application unit; and at least two brake plungers of the brake application unit; wherein