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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. 03, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokico Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1881 / ; 188326 ;
Abstract
A drum brake in which a parking brake is incorporated. A parking brake lever is mounted in the interior of a vehicle and is operable to pull a parking lever through a cable. The rotation of the parking lever causes a pair of brake shoes to be forced tightly against a brake drum. This results in the generation of a braking force. A stopper member is provided to limit the maximum angular position of the parking brake. This design prevents contact of the parking lever with a rotary shaft due to excessive pulling of the parking lever and thus damage of the rotary shaft as well as the parking lever.