Brake assembly and method for controlling a brake assembly

A brake assembly, comprising:

• a brake disc in rotational engagement with a wheel of a vehicle;
• a brake pad which frictionally engages said brake disc when an actuator force is applied thereto;
• an actuator having an output shaft driven in a forward direction and a reverse direction, wherein movement of the output shaft in the forward direction brings the brake pad and brake disc into said frictional engagement, and wherein movement of the output shaft in the reverse direction brings the brake pad and brake disc out of said frictional engagement;
• an energy absorption unit absorbing forces acting on the output shaft in the reverse direction in case of a predetermined operation situation occurring in an uncontrolled situation of the brake assembly, thereby transferring kinetic energy of the output shaft moving in the reverse direction into energy of the energy absorption unit;
• and
• wherein the energy absorption unit is adapted to dissipate the absorbed forces, and
• wherein the energy absorption unit applies a force onto the output shaft directed in the forward direction in case the output shaft is moved beyond a rest position in the reverse direction.