Patent ID: 8733511

Claim:
A multi-disc brake for a road vehicle, comprising: plates arranged non-rotatably parallel to and spaced apart from one another; rotatable brake discs, each one of said rotatable brake discs being positioned respectively between adjacent ones of said plates, wherein the plates and the brake discs are pressable against one another while overcoming a clearance during braking and are separable from one another while forming a clearance upon release of the braking; axially acting return springs; an axially fixed stop rotatable with the brake discs; and one or more resilient pressure elements, at least one of which is provided for a respective one of the brake discs, wherein in an unbraked position, the brake discs are pressed at least one of individually and as a block via the axially acting return springs against the axially fixed stop, and wherein each pressure element is retained axially displaceably with a defined frictional engagement in the respective brake disc.