Patent ID: 8915336

Claim:
A brake, comprising: a brake pad; at least one lever disposed proximate the brake pad; and an actuating element configured to press the brake pad against a brake disk, the actuating element including at least one brake-disk-side part, an actuator-side part and a coupling part disposed between the at least one brake-disk-side part and the actuator-side part, the at least one lever having a first end coupled to the at least one brake-disk-side part and a second end configured to interact with the coupling part, the coupling part being pivotable relative to at least one of the at least one brake-disk-side part and the actuator-side part, the coupling part being configured to apply a preload force onto the at least one brake-disk-side part during preload by impinging on the second end of the at least one lever such that the first end of the at least one lever bears onto the at least one brake-disk-side part, and the at least one lever being configured to increase a braking force imparted by the brake pad to the brake disk during braking by diverting a tangential force acting on the brake pad directly to the coupling part such that the coupling part pivots and bears onto the at least one brake-disk-side part.