Patent ID: 7958974

Claim:
A self-boosting electromechanically or pneumatically actuable disc brake having a brake disc, the disc brake comprising: a caliper; an application-side and a reaction-side brake pad; a brake application device for applying the brake pads against the brake disc, the brake application device comprising a rotary lever, a self-boosting device, and an actuating plunger, the rotary lever being located within the caliper and acting on the actuating plunger which acts directly, or via a pressure plate, on the application-side brake pad as a distal end of the rotary lever is moved toward the brake disc; and wherein the actuating plunger is pivotably mounted on the rotary lever and directly on one of the pressure plate and the application-side brake pad, the mount on the rotary lever being located on an axis of rotation of the rotary lever about which the rotary lever rotates when the brake application device is actuated.