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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael William Fanelli, Centerville, OH (US);
Jerome Albert Limpach, Tipp City, OH (US);
Norbert John Green, Jr, Trotwood, OH (US);
Carlton Huston Fox, Jr, Clayton, OH (US);
Donald Jeffrey Moyer, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1881 / ; 188 / ; 1882 / ;
Abstract
A parking brake assembly includes a lever that translates pivoting rotation to sliding movement of a tappet in contact with a braking shoe to effect expansion of the brake shoe against the inside diameter of a rotating element. The rotating element is, in more specificity, a rotor carried by a spindle that is rotatably supported by bearings. The bearings are carried by the actuator housing which additionally carries the lever and tappet of the parking brake assembly.