Self-boosting disc brake for simple vehicle combinations has floating brake blocks and wedge surfaces on blocks and disc

摘要

The disc brake has floating brake blocks (8) on either side of a brake disc, which during braking move towards a wedge part (12) in such a way, that the wedge effect does not occur in movement direction of the brake disc (9). The force-transmitting contact between the wedge surfaces (23,24) of blocks and wedge part causes a compression effect on the wedge surfaces, so that a self-boosting additional/compression force is applied to the braking surface (20) of the brake disc.