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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Bernhard Miller, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Inventor:
Bernhard Miller, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Assignee:
KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 55/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disc brake is provided with an actuator acting on a brake application device, which brake application device is used for applying at least one brake pad to a brake disc. The brake application device has a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement and is configured in a self-energizing mode. The brake pad is supported on the brake application device at a wedge angle and the wedge angle of the brake pad is adjusted by the hydraulic arrangement of the brake application device.