Brake cable connecting apparatus for a drum brake device
AssigneeNisshinbo Industries, Inc.
InventorsTakashi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Dobashi
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Abstract
The brake cable connecting apparatus for the drum brake which ensures easy connecting operation between the brake cable and the brake lever and also ensures rigid connection therebetween, i.e., the brake cable cannot easily be disconnected from the brake lever after connected thereto. The brake cable connecting apparatus for the drum brake comprises the seating extending toward the back plate in the free end of the brake lever and the cable inserting groove formed in the seating at the back plate side. The clearance is formed between the end of the seating and the back plate to allow the inner cable to pass therethrough only when the inner cable is forcibly deformed.
Claims8
A brake cable connecting apparatus for a drum brake, comprising:
- a brake lever pivotally supported on one of a pair of brake shoes moveably mounted on a back plate, said brake lever has a seating at a free end thereof, which is bent to extend toward said back plate and further has a cable inserting groove facing said back plate;
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- a brake cable routed through said back plate and connected to said free end of the brake lever, said brake cable has an inner cable and a cable end fitting fixed on an end of said inner cable that is seated on the seating formed at the free end of the brake lever, wherein
- clearance is configured between an end of said seating of the brake lever and said back plate so as to allow the forcibly deformed inner cable to pass therethrough when said inner cable is inserted in said cable inserting groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.