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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Wooyeol Kim, Gunpo-si, KR;
Wooyeol Kim, Gunpo-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A parking brake apparatus may include a parking brake actuator that has a housing that is fixed to a transmission case and a piston including a piston rod, wherein the piston is mounted in the housing to reciprocate along the housing, a lever pivotally coupled to the transmission case, wherein one end portion of the lever is pivotally connected to the piston rod, a sprag rod that is pivotally connected to the other end portion of the lever, and an operational elastic member that is disposed around a rotary shaft of the lever and elastically supports the lever in one rotational direction against the transmission case, wherein the rotary shaft is rotatably coupled to the transmission case.