Patent ID: 8091690

Claim:
A self-boosting disk brake, comprising: a brake caliper in which a friction brake lining is disposed; a brake disk; an actuation device by which the friction brake lining can be pressed against the brake disk; a self-boosting device which converts a frictional force, exerted when the disk brake is actuated by the brake disk when rotating, onto the friction brake lining pressed against the brake disk, into a contact pressure, which presses the friction brake lining against the brake disk; and a holder for the actuation device, which holder is not directly subjected to a force or a moment by the self-boosting device, wherein the friction brake lining is a first friction brake lining, wherein the brake caliper has a second friction brake lining disposed therein and located on an opposite side of the brake disk from the first friction brake lining, wherein the first friction brake lining, the self-boosting device, and the actuation device are all located on one side of the brake disk, and the second friction brake lining is located on an opposite side of the brake disk, and wherein the holder is directly attached to the actuation device on said one side of the brake disk and is directly attached to the brake caliper on said opposite side of the brake disk.