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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
In a device for adjusting the clearance between a brake shoe and a brake drum of the type having the brake shoes biased against the ends of a strut, the length of the strut being adjustable by the threaded interaction of a nut and a bolt actuated by a star wheel, the star wheel being advanced to lengthen the strut by the parking brake mechanism, a detent for restraining the reverse rotating of the star wheel. In one embodiment, a resilient arm member, fixed to a portion of the strut, acts as a detent against the teeth of the star wheel. In another embodiment, a spring, biasing the brake shoes against the ends of the strut, has a portion engaging the teeth of the star wheel.