Parking brake

Abstract

The invention relates to a parking brake for a vehicle, comprising a brake operating lever (3), arranged pivotably in a lever retainer (5); a coupling unit (19), which tensions a cable on displacement of the brake operating lever (3); a parking device (21, 22) to hold the brake operating lever in a park position and a return lever (13) pivotably mounted on the lever retainer (5) and connected by means of a joint to the brake operating lever (3) and which comprises the coupling unit (19) for the brake cable. According to the invention, a parking brake can be achieved which gives an improvement of the transfer ratio of brake operating lever (3) and cable pull in a manner which is not costly in terms of detailed assembly, whereby the lever retainer (5) is in the form of a housing (5) with two flat sides (8) and that the return lever (13) and the brake operating lever (3) are connected between the flat sides (8) of the housing (5).

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