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Compensation device for a cable-operated brake system

US5878626A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20468
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compensating device (7) for a brake system driven by brake cables (4, 10), in particular a handbrake system for motor vehicles, wherein a drive lever (1) is connected by a first brake cable (4) to a first brake (21) and wherein a tube (5) of the first brake cable (4) rests on a drive-side support (6) and against the compensating device (7). A second brake cable (10) comprises an inner rope (9) connected at one end to the compensating device (7) and at the other end to a second brake (22). The compensating device (7) comprises a step-up gearing (20) and the first brake cable (4) comprises an inner rope (3, 3a) divided in two. One inner rope (3) is connected at one end to the drive lever (1) and at the other end to the input of the step-up gearing (20) and the other inner rope (3a) is connected at one end to the output of the step-up gearing (20) and at the other end to the first brake (21).

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