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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Luigi Tessitore, Savona, IT;
Inventor:
Luigi Tessitore, Savona, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A parking brake is described which has a backplate, first and second brake shoe portions mounted on the backplate, a drum encircling the brake shoe portions, a parking lever pivoted adjacent one end on one of the brake shoe portions, and a strut extending between a first abutment on the parking lever and a second abutment on the other of the brake shoe portions. The backplate includes a viewing opening, and the parking lever and the one brake shoe portion include datum surfaces visible through the viewing opening from which the position of the parking lever relative to the brake shoe portion can be assessed.