To mechanically relieve a drive device of an elastocaloric
heat pump from the preload forces necessary to generate the elastocaloric effect by the elastocaloric elements, an elastocaloric
heat pump (100) is proposed, comprising a housing (10), at least one first
coolant channel (11) and a second
coolant channel (12), at least two elastocaloric elements (15, 16), and at least one force transmission element (17), wherein each elastocaloric element (15, 16) has a first end (18) and a second end (19), wherein each elastocaloric element (15, 16) is connected to the housing (10) at its respective first end (18), and wherein each elastocaloric element (15, 16) is connected to the force transmission element (17) at its respective second end (19), and wherein the force transmission element (17) is provided to be a
rocker arm. (20) with at least two lever arms (21, 22, 27) is,that the
rocker arm (20) is rotatably mounted on the housing (10) about an axis of rotation, that a first elastocaloric element (15) of the at least two elastocaloric elements (15, 16) is connected at its second end (19) to a first lever arm (21) of the
rocker arm (20), and that a second elastocaloric element (16) of the at least two elastocaloric elements (15, 16) is connected at its second end (19) to a second lever arm (22) of the rocker arm (20).