Parking brake
AssigneeEdscha AG
InventorMarkus Böhm
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Abstract
A parking brake for a motor vehicle includes a lever holder, a brake actuation lever disposed in an articulated manner on the lever holder, a brake cable, and a coupling unit for tensioning the brake cable when the brake actuation lever is displaced. The parking brake also includes a locking device for holding the brake actuation lever in a locking position, and a four-bar mechanism including two nonparallel links for linking the brake actuation lever with the lever holder.
Claims16
A parking brake for a motor vehicle, the parking brake comprising:
- a lever holder;
- a brake actuation lever disposed in an articulated manner on said lever holder;
- a brake cable;
- a coupling unit for tensioning said brake cable when the brake actuation lever is displaced;
- a locking device for holding said brake actuation lever in a locking position;
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- a four-bar mechanism for coupling the brake actuating lever with the lever holder in an articulated manner, the four-bar mechanism comprising two nonparallel links for linking said brake actuation lever with said lever holder, wherein each of the two nonparallel links is pivotably coupled to the brake actuating lever and wherein each of the two links is directly mounted at the lever holder via a joint in a pivotable manner.
A parking brake for a motor vehicle, the parking brake comprising:
- a lever holder;
- a brake actuation lever disposed in an articulated manner on said lever holder;
- a brake cable;
- a coupling unit for tensioning said brake cable when the brake actuation lever is displaced;
- a locking device for holding said brake actuation lever in a locking position;
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- a four-bar mechanism for coupling the brake actuating lever with the lever holder in an articulated manner, the four-bar mechanism comprising two nonparallel links for linking said brake actuation lever with said lever holder,
- wherein each of the two non-parallel links is pivotably coupled to the brake actuating lever,
- and wherein each of the two links is directly mounted at the lever holder via a joint in a pivotable manner;
- wherein said locking device comprises a latching unit and a toothing, wherein said latching unit is arranged on one of said links;
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- wherein one of said latching unit and said toothing is mounted on the same link on which said coupling unit is provided.
A parking brake for a motor vehicle, the parking brake comprising:
- a lever holder;
- a brake actuation lever disposed in an articulated manner on said lever holder;
- a brake cable;
- a coupling unit for tensioning said brake cable when the brake actuation lever is displaced;
- a locking device for holding said brake actuation lever in a locking position;
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- a four-bar mechanism for coupling the brake actuating lever with the lever holder in an articulated manner, the four-bar mechanism comprising two nonparallel links for linking said brake actuation lever with said lever holder,
- wherein each of the two non-parallel links is pivotably coupled to the brake actuating lever,
- wherein each of the two links is directly mounted at the lever holder via a joint in a pivotable manner;
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- wherein one of said two nonparallel links is a rear link, said rear link having an articulation on said lever holder, wherein said coupling unit for said brake cable is arranged on an extension of said rear link, and wherein said coupling unit is pivotable about said articulation of the rear link in said lever holder, and
- wherein said locking device comprises a latching unit and a toothing, wherein one of said latching unit and toothing is mounted on said rear link, and wherein one of said latching unit and said toothing is pivotable about said articulation of said rear link in said lever holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.