Patent · US Expired

Automotive parking brake and parking brake system for motor vehicles

US5769189A · kind A · utility

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6References

23Claims

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Assignee

Lucas Industries public limited company · GB

Inventors

Helmut Heibel · Moschheim, DE
Hermann-Josef Geilen · Mendig, DE
Werner Dieringer · Vallendar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 29, 1996
Grant date	Jun 23, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 29, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2127/04
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to improve an electrically actuatable automotive parking brake with mechanical emergency actuation, the brake pads (52, 54) of the parking brake, which may be either a disk brake or a drum brake, can be applied or released via gear arrangement (100) arranged within or at the brake. The gear arrangement (100) has one power input and one power output, with the power input being coupled with the one end of a flexible shaft, the other end of which being arranged remote from the brake can be coupled with a manual crank, in order to be able to actuate the parking brake mechanically in the case of a failure of the electric actuation.

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