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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
William Eugene Sherman, II, South Bend, IN (US);
Kent Allen Woodiwiss, Goshen, IN (US);
Robert Bosch Corporation, Broadview, IL (US);
Abstract
A linkage for connecting a brake cable to an actuator lever in a drum-in-hat park brake assembly. The linkage is defined by a continuous wire that is shaped into a base with parallel and adjacent first and second legs located in a first plane perpendicular to the base and parallel and adjacent third and fourth legs located in a second plane perpendicular to the base. The first and second legs each have a first section that extend a first distance from the base to a first loop and a second section that extend a second distance from the first loop to a second loop while the third and fourth legs extend a third distance from the base. The base has an opening defined by a complementary shape created between the first leg and the third leg and the second leg and the fourth leg. The base receives a head member on a cable after the head is passed through the first loop and a force is applied to the cable to expand the first section of the first and second legs to allow the cable to be located in the opening in the base. Actuation forces are applied to a brake lever and transmitted to move the actuator lever that in turn moves first and second brake shoes into engagement with a drum to effect a brake application.