Patent · US Expired

Integrated floor console

US5970814A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
8References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 5, 1997
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20128
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A housing supports a parking brake lever assembly, including a manual lever, a brake cable tension adjustment control, and a cable coupling assembly for coupling the lever to the vehicle's parking brake cables mounted to the chassis of a vehicle during assembly. The cable coupling assembly, tension adjustment control and parking brake lever assembly are inter-coupled and mounted to the housing forming a floor console which can be snap-fitted into a vehicle quickly during assembly with the parking brake lever automatically coupled to the vehicle's parking brake cables and the tension quickly adjusted external to the console for proper tension and operation during assembly.

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