Cable pull adjustment for a parking brake

US7146873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Edscha Betaetigungssysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulf Braker · Adenau, DE
• Josef Neudorfer · Hengersberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2072
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for adjusting a cable pull of a vehicle parking brake includes an actuating lever rotatable about a first axis, a pull element and a locking element. The pull element includes a pull rod and a guide housing, wherein the pull rod includes notches and is spring-loaded in an actuating direction of the cable pull. The guide housing is pivotably mounted about a second axis disposed outside a line defined by the actuating direction. The locking element includes a latch part releasably engaging the notches of the pull rod, wherein the locking element is mounted pivotably with respect to the guide housing, wherein a force acting in the actuating direction of the cable pull creates a torque on the pull element about the second axis that is proportional to the force.