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US 4,379,500 AGranted
Parking brake cable adjusting device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKyoichi Kamino
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Abstract
A parking brake cable adjusting device having a brake lever, an actuating cable connected to a brake-operating mechanism, a control cable interconnecting the brake lever and the actuating cable, and a ratchet mechanism interconnecting a first end section of the control cable and the brake lever in a manner to permit the control cable first end section to advance in one axial direction relative to the brake lever in a manner to take up any slack in the cables.
Claims4
A parking brake cable adjusting device comprising:
- a brake lever;
- a control cable interconnecting said brake lever and a brake-operating mechanism;
- a ratchet mechanism interconnecting a first end section of said control cable and said brake lever and permitting said control cable first end section to advance in one axial direction relative to said brake lever thereby taking up any slack in said control cable;
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- biasing means for urging said control cable first end section in said one axial direction;
- said ratchet mechanism including a series of ratchet teeth formed on said control cable first end section along the axis thereof and a pawl pivotally mounted on said brake lever in a position to engage said ratchet teeth;
- said control cable having a flange mounted thereon at a location adjacent said control cable first end section, said biasing means including a tension spring whose ends are respectively attached to said brake lever and said control cable flange.
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