ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR ACTUATING A SYSTEM THAT TRANSMITS FORCE BY MEANS OF FRICTIONAL LOCKING

An electromechanical actuator for activating, by an actuating element, a system that transmits force by frictional locking, which actuating element at least partially produces or removes a normal force for the frictional locking, including: a housing; the actuating element, which is mounted in the housing for axial movement and is movable at least between a first axial position and a second axial position; an electronic control unit; an electromechanical rotary drive, which is controlled by the electronic control unit and which rotationally drives a shaft mounted in the housing; a wear compensation mechanism to compensate for wear of the force transmitting system, which is mounted axially movably in the housing; a transforming mechanism to transform the rotation of the shaft into an axial translation of the wear compensation mechanism, wherein the axial translation of the wear compensation mechanism acts on the actuating element, as described herein.