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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1991
Clyde E Carr, Galien, MI (US);
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The parking brake lever cable retainer (90) comprises a wire form spring retainer (90) attached to a parking brake lever (40) in order to couple a cable (50) and cable ball (82) with the end of the lever (40). The lever (40) includes a pair of spaced-apart end feet (44, 45) with a longitudinal recess (46) extending therebetween such that the cable (50) is disposed within the longitudinal recess (46) and extends from one side (41) of the lever (40) to the opposite side (43) where the cable ball (82) is received within complementary-shaped openings (42) in each of the feet (44, 45). The wire form spring retainer (90) comprises a pair of arc-shaped resilient legs (91, 93) extending laterally across the lever (40) from free ends (91A, 93A) exerting opposite forces (D, E) against engagement slots (49) at the opposite side (43) of the lever (40), and at the one side (41) of the lever (40) the legs (91, 93) form a looped, generally circular-shaped portion (98) that engages the cable ball (82) and biass the cable ball (82) into the complementary-shaped openings (42). The cable (50) is free to travel downwardly as it pivots about the cable ball (82).