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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Toshiro Takeshima, Toyota, JP;
Toshiro Takeshima, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A grip for a parking-brake operating lever includes a tubular-shaped grip main body which is press-fitted on a lever main body of the operating lever so as to be mounted on an outer circumferential periphery of the lever main body, a grip cover which is mounted on a part of a circumferential periphery of the grip main body, an engaging tab which projects from an inner surface of the grip cover and which is inserted through an insertion hole provided in the grip main body and is held in engagement with an engaging portion provided in the lever main body, such that the engaging tab is movable relative to the engaging portion in a longitudinal direction of the lever main body, and a fitting protrusion and recess which are respectively provided in the inner surface of the grip cover and the outer circumferential surface of the grip main body, and which are held in fitting engagement with each other for positioning the grip cover in a predetermined relative to the grip main body.