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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Martin Joseph Wortmann, Huntsville, MO (US);
Martin Joseph Wortmann, Huntsville, MO (US);
Dura Global Technologies, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A parking brake actuator includes a mounting bracket, a cover plate. A brake operating assembly includes a lever and a locking sector gear. A locking clutch spring assembly includes a pinion rivet, a shaft, a flange, first and second tubular portions and a pinion with a plurality of teeth. A torsion spring is wrapped about the first tubular portion and the pinion. A first leg of a release spring abuts a first arm of a release lever. A release cable is connected to a second arm of the release lever. A brake cable is connected to an adjusting sector gear, which is engageable with an adjusting clutch spring assembly.