Patent · US Expired

Brake arm pitch adjustment structure for vehicle front brake

US6298951A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 2000
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62L3/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake arm pitch adjustment structure for vehicle front brake includes a first brake arm and a second brake arm pivoted to a fixed axle, a cable guide fastened to a shaft at a shoulder of the first brake arm to hold a brake cable, enabling the core of the brake cable to be fixed to a core holder at the second brake arm, and a swivel adjustment member turned about the shaft between two positions to adjust the pitch between the brake arms, the swivel adjustment member having two parallel sidewalls pivoted to the shaft, a connecting back wall connected between the sidewalls and a handle upwardly outwardly extended from the connecting back wall, wherein the connecting back wall of the swivel adjustment member has a top side connected between the short top side of each sidewall; the short top side of each sidewall of the swivel adjustment member having a straight engagement portion obliquely backwardly sloping toward the connecting back wall and the handle, and a parabolic guide portion connected between the straight engagement portion and one end of the long front side of the corresponding sidewall; the contained angle defined between the straight engagement portion and the longitudin…

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