Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideki Matsubo

Koichi Okuda

Ryuji Ibaraki

Yuji Yasuda

Haruhisa Suzuki

Kiyonori Takagi

Atsushi Kawamoto

Hiroyuki Tateno

Toshiro Takeshima

Junya Abe

Narito Tani

Mitsuo Yoshida

Komei Oda

Takashi Miyabayashi

A manual unlocking device for a parking lock mechanism includes an operation lever that rotates when the parking lock mechanism is switched from a locked state to an unlocked state. The operation lever is arranged outside an occupant space of a vehicle cabin and is configured that a tool can be coupled to a rotation center thereof from the occupant space. The manual unlocking device for the parking lock mechanism is configured to switch the parking lock mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state by integral rotation of the operation lever with the tool when the tool, which is coupled to the operation lever, rotates in a state where the tool is arranged on the rotation center of the operation lever.

Manual unlocking device for parking lock mechanism

An equalizer device for a parking brake including an equalizer body that is formed by connecting paired side plates, which extend parallel to each other from a back plate so as to form a U-shape and a synthetic resin member that is fixedly arranged inside the equalizer body. The equalizer body includes paired engagement holes, paired insertion holes, and paired slits. Portions of the back plate, at which the engagement holes are formed, serve as the engagement portions. The synthetic resin member has a substantially flat plate shape that is arranged so as to face a portion of an inner face of a first side plate. The portion is a part of the U-shape, and extends parallel to the first side plate. The synthetic resin member includes paired gate portions and an engagement lug. The synthetic resin member is fitted to the equalizer body by the engagement lug.

Equalizer device for parking brake

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Hideki Matsubo