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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Siegfried Emmann, Weinstradt, DE;
Christian Mosler, Stuttgart, DE;
Werner Spielmann, Burgstetten, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/10 ;
Abstract
In a brake-force splitting gear for a manually actuated parking-brake system in a motor vehicle, brake force is transmitted via cable assemblies both to a wheel brake or shaft brake on the vehicle transmission and to wheel brakes of at least one driven vehicle axle. The wheel brakes of each vehicle axle being articulated in each case via a differential element mounted in a housing or frame. The splitting gear includes a lever mechanism comprising at least two balance beams or levers which split the brake force between the transmission brake and wheel brakes.