Encapsulated brake system comprising cooling conductors and wedge gears

A brake assembly for an axle to be braked, comprising:

• a housing enclosing an interior and having a main body,
• a shaft which is rotatably mounted on the main body about a central longitudinal axis, extending at least partially in the interior, and which has a connecting flange, accessible on an outside of the housing, for the axle, and
• a brake disk which is located in the interior and which is mounted on the shaft for conjoint rotation therewith and so as to be axially displaceable relative to the main body with respect to the central longitudinal axis, wherein:
• in the interior, the main body has a first braking surface, to which the brake disk can be moved in an axial direction of the central longitudinal axis, the brake assembly further comprising:
• a second braking surface, which lies on the other side of the brake disk axially with respect to the first braking surface and is mounted axially movably relative to the main body,
• a wedge gear which engages between the main body and the second braking surface and is driven transverse to the axial direction, which is configured to move the second braking surface in an axial direction relative to the main body against the brake disk and thus the brake disk in the axial direction against the first braking surface, and
• a cooling conductor which is thermally coupled at least to the first braking surface and the second braking surface and which is configured to dissipate heat generated during braking at least from the first braking surface and the second braking surface.