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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:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
May. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randal J Perisho, Moberly, MO (US);
Assignee:
Dura Automotive Holding, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74512 ; 74513 ; 74516 ; 7450 / ; 74535 ;
Abstract
A parking brake mechanism for operating a parking brake cable includes an operating lever pivotally connected with a mounting bracket for movement between brake-applied and brake-released positions, a locking device for releasably locking the lever in the brake-applied position, and a self-adjust device for automatically removing slack from the parking brake cable when the lever is in the brake-released position, characterized in that at least one of the locking and self-adjust devices includes a spring clutch having an internal clutch spring member.