Patent ID: 7497306
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A disc brake with self-servo effect, comprising: a movable ramp plate connected to a front brake pad for engagement with a brake disc, a ramp bridge, connected to the ramp plate, means for imparting a control movement to the ramp plate, application members between the ramp plate and the ramp bridge for increasing the mutual distance—in the axial direction of the brake disc—between the ramp plate and the ramp bridge by a relative movement of the ramp plate in the tangential direction of the brake disc, characterized in that slack adjusting means for compensating for the wear of the front brake pad are arranged between the ramp plate and the front brake pad, and wherein the slack adjusting means comprise at least one first adjustment screw in thread engagement with a corresponding bore in the ramp plate and rotatably connected to a front pad holder for the front brake pad.