Parking brake device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeo Yamazaki
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Abstract
A parking brake device is provided in which an actuating arrangement is positioned on a fixed bracket and cooperates with a spring device so as to control a switch system. The spring device is mounted on the parking brake device so as to ensure proper contact with the switch while reducing vibration and resultant noise.
Claims4
A manipulating device for a parking brake comprising a bracket secured to a vehicle body, a parking brake actuating means movably positioned on said bracket, leaf spring means having one end secured to one of said bracket and said parking brake actuating means and a switch mounted on one of said bracket and said parking brake actuating means, a switch actuating means brought into contact with the opposite end of said leaf spring means when said parking brake actuating means is in a first position, stopper means secured to said bracket and positioned to be contacted by said parking brake actuating means when said parking brake actuating means is rotated clockwise to a non-actuated state, said clockwise rotation initiating contact between said leaf spring and said switch actuating means so as to move the switch to an off condition, and a region of said opposite end of said leaf spring being elastically retained with a predetermined bent condition which is opposite to a direction of movement of said switch actuating means as determined by movement of said parking brake actuating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.