Motor vehicle parking brake
AssigneeEdscha Engineering GmbH
InventorJohann Krompass
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Abstract
A parking brake for a motor vehicle is provided. The parking brake includes a brake actuation lever which is arranged pivotably on a lever holder, a coupling unit for coupling the brake actuation lever to a brake cable, a locking device which comprises a toothing arranged on the lever holder and a locking catch engaging in the toothing, a catch spring for prestressing the locking catch in the direction of the toothing, a release device which comprises a push rod which can be displaced between an inoperative position and a release position along the brake actuation lever, and a triggering element, wherein the push rod has an aperture, a guide element for guiding the push rod and a spring element for prestressing the push rod.
Claims20
A parking brake for a motor vehicle, comprising
- a brake actuation lever which is arranged pivotably on a lever holder,
- a locking device, comprising a toothing arranged on the lever holder and a locking catch engaging in the toothing,
- a catch spring for preloading the locking catch in the direction of the toothing,
- a release device, including a push rod and a release, wherein the push rod is displaceable along the brake actuation lever between an inoperative position and a release position, and wherein the push rod comprises an aperture,
- a guide for guiding the push rod, the guide being arranged fixedly on the brake actuation lever, and
- a spring for preloading the push rod,
- wherein a damper is assigned to the push rod, and
- wherein the damper cooperates with the guide at least in the inoperative position of the push rod,
- wherein the damper is arranged and configured such that during operation of the parking brake the damper is movable between a loaded state in which the damper is forced completely out of a region of the aperture in the push rod and unloaded state in which the damper projects into the aperture.
A parking brake for a motor vehicle, comprising
- a brake actuation lever which is arranged pivotably on a lever holder,
- a locking device, comprising a toothing arranged on the lever holder and a locking catch engaging in the toothing,
- a catch spring for preloading the locking catch in the direction of the toothing,
- a release device, including a push rod and a release, wherein the push rod is displaceable along the brake actuation lever between an inoperative position and a release position, and wherein the push rod comprises an aperture,
- a guide for guiding the push rod, the guide being arranged fixedly on the brake actuation lever, and
- a spring for preloading the push rod,
- wherein a damper is assigned to the push rod, and
- wherein the damper cooperates with the guide at least in the inoperative position of the push rod,
- wherein the damper is a leaf spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.