Fico Cables, S.a.

Industrias Techno-matic S.a.

Pujol Y Tarrago S.a.

Carlos Gabas

Agustin Roca

Rafael Navo

Rui Antionio Cruz De Pinho

Jordi Casas

An electric parking brake for a vehicle, comprising a winch having a rotation axis, an electrical motor for turning the winch, and two braking cables fixed to the circumference of the winch on opposite sides, so that under a rotation of the winch segments of essentially equal length of the braking cables are wrapped onto the winch. The winch is disposed in a housing having oppositely disposed exit openings through which the cables pass, respectively, and tapered side walls for guiding the cables from the circumference of the winch to the exit openings.

Electric parking brake

A spine support comprises at least one bending element ( ) a plurality of supporting elements ( ) essentially orthogonal arranged to the at least one bending element ( ) and connected with it; and a first operating element ( ) arranged such that its operation leads to a bending of the at least one bending element ( ). Two pairs of bowden cables ( ) for adjusting the spine support are operated by a control unit ( ) comprising two coaxially arranged axles ( ). Preferably on at least one of the axles ( ) a receiver ( ) for the inner steel cables of one of the two pairs of bowden cables and a receptacle ( ) for the corresponding covers of the bowden cables are provided. The receiver ( ) and the receptacle ( ) approach each other or move away from each other under a rotation of the axle, depending on the direction of the rotation. The relative movement of the receiver ( ) and the receptacle ( ) is preferably achieved by the use of left-handed and right-handed threads on the axle.

Height adjustable spine support

Connecting unit

Adjusting device for the terminals of control cables

Manually adjusted device for control cable terminals

The control cable self-adjusting device has an extended cylindrically shaped hollow base body (5) open at one of its ends (9) and a regulating stem (6) held inside the interior of the base body (5) by a retaining device. The closed end (10) of the base body (5) and the front end (15) of the regulating stem (6) are connected to respective intermediate ends (13,14) of the sheath (4) of a control cable (2). The retaining device (7) includes a saw-toothed threaded section (25) in the interior of the base body (5) and a retaining coil (26) connected to the stem (6) and engaged with the threaded section (25). The control cable length adjustment is made by pulling apart the intermediate ends (14,15) of the sheath (4) to deform the retaining coil (26) and move it from the inside to the outside of the base body (5) or by screwing the base body (5) on the stem (6) in either direction via the retaining coil (26).

Control cable self-adjustment device

Control cable length self-adjusting device

Pressurized hydraulic piston-cylinder device with internal volume

Check valve for hydraulic self-regulating device pistons

Precision longitudinal movement transmission cable

Removable mirror device for motor vehicle interiors

Automobile accelerator cable effort incrementing device

Hydraulic self-adjusting device for clutch control cables

Self-adjustment device for adusting the length of control cables

Control cable length self-adjusting mechanism

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Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Gabas