Coupling device for connecting a
brake input element (16) to a master
brake cylinder (10) of a vehicle, comprising: an input
piston (14) which can be arranged on the
brake input element (16) in such a way that the input
piston (14) can be adjusted by a
braking distance (s) from an initial position (s0) upon actuation of the brake input element (16); and an output
piston (12) to which a driver braking force (Ff) exerted on the brake input element (16) can be transmitted via the input piston (14) which is adjusted from its initial position (s0) by a
braking distance (s) of at least a predetermined first minimum
braking distance, and which can be arranged on the master brake cylinder (10) in such a way that an
internal pressure in the master brake cylinder (10) can be increased by means of the driver braking force (Ff) transmitted to the output piston (12) via the input piston (14); wherein, at least in a first operating mode of the
coupling device, the input piston (14) adjusted from its initial position (s0) by a braking distance (s) smaller than the first minimum braking distance is spaced from the output piston (12) in such a way that a force transmission from the input piston (14) to the output piston (12) is prevented; wherein the
coupling device can additionally be converted into at least one second operating mode with a second minimum braking distance less than the first minimum braking distance, wherein in the second operating mode of the
coupling device the input piston (14), which is adjusted from its initial position (s0) by a braking distance (s) less than the second minimum braking distance, is spaced from the output piston (12) in such a way that force transmission from the input piston (14) to the output piston (12) is prevented, and the driver braking force (Ff) can be transmitted to the output piston (12) via the input piston (14), which is adjusted from its initial position (s0) by a braking distance (s) between the second minimum braking distance and the first minimum braking distance; and wherein the coupling device comprises a control device (50) by means of which the coupling device can be transferred from at least the first operating mode with the first minimum braking distance into at least the second operating mode with the second minimum braking distance smaller than the first minimum braking distance; characterized in that the coupling device comprises an adjustable force transmission component (52) attached to either the output piston (12) or the input piston (14), and the control device (50) is additionally designed to control an
actuator of the
power transmission component (52) by means of a
control signal (54) such that the
power transmission component (52) is transferred from a retracted position of the first operating mode into at least one extended position of at least the second operating mode.