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US 6,786,307 B2Granted
Parking brake device
AssigneesHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Otsuka Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiko Komatsubara, Hiroki Ishikawa, Masahiro Imamachi, Satoru Masuda, Shingo Hori, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Tomoya Sugiyama
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Abstract
A parking brake device which can not only better the safety, but also reduce the cost by simplifying the construction. A shock absorbing portion 35, 36 which resists an operating force in pulling a brake lever 30 toward the compartment and which is deformed by an impact force in the direction which is approximately opposite to the direction of pulling the brake lever 30 toward the compartment, absorbing the impact force is provided.
Claims5
A parking brake device comprising:
- a brake lever supported by a bracket such that said brake lever is rotatable between a release position and an actuating position, said brake lever generating a braking force when an operating force in a direction toward a passenger compartment is applied to said brake lever so as to rotate said brake lever from said release position to said actuating position;
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- at least one shock absorbing portion provided in said brake lever and resisting said operating force, wherein said shock absorbing portion of said brake lever has such an internal structure that when an impact force in a direction substantially opposite to said direction of said operating force is applied to said shock absorbing portion at said released position, said shock absorbing portion is deformed to absorb said impact force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.