Patent · US Expired

Automatic play compensation in cable operated brakes especially of motor vehicles

US5699884A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Norbert Koch · Ulm, DE
Kurt Bohm · Köngen, DE
Nikolaus Schefcsik · Schwaikheim, DE
Jurgen Eipper · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 1996
Grant date	Dec 23, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 5, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20408
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an automatic play compensation arrangement for a cable-operated parking brake including a brake operating element and a cable extending between the brake operating element and a vehicle brake for actuating the vehicle brake, a support bracket is mounted for movement with the brake operating element and has a spring-loaded clamping lever supported therein through which a cable end extends and by which the cable end is firmly engaged with the support bracket when the brake operating element is actuated, and a spring is provided for tensioning the cable when the brake operating element is in a brake-releasing rest position.

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