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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Axel Kuller, Wuppertal, DE;
Sven Bode, Remscheid, DE;
Hans-Peter Kalckert, Remscheid, DE;
Ulf Braker, Schulp, DE;
Assignee:
ED. Scharachter GmbH, Remscheid, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74535 ; 7450 / ; 74538 ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
A self-adjusting parking brake for a motor vehicle and including a brake lever pivotally supported on a bridge girder, a locking pawl for securing the brake lever on the bridge girder in any arbitrary put-on position of the parking brake, a brake cable driving element likewise supported on the bridge girder and spring-biased in a rotational direction, and an automatically engageable, upon application of the parking brake, formlocking clutch for releasable connecting the brake lever with the brake cable driving element.