Patent ID: 6817264
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60T,Y10T

Abstract:
A brake operating device for a vehicle provided with a brake, comprising:a mounting bracket secured to said vehicle; a manually operable lever pivotally connected to said bracket for rotation between first and second positions, said lever being operatively connected to said brake so that a braking force corresponding to an amount of rotation from said first position toward said second position is exerted on said brake; a pawl teeth member having pawl teeth and secured to said bracket; a latch pawl member supported on said lever and having a first latch pawl engageable with said pawl teeth of said pawl teeth member, said latch pawl member being movable between a locked position in which said first latch pawl is in locking engagement with said pawl teeth and an unlocked position in which said engagement of said first latch pawl with said pawl teeth is released, said latch pawl member (1) assuming said locked position when said lever is rotated from said first position toward said second position, to maintain said lever in a rotational position and (2) assuming said unlocked position when said lever is further rotated from said rotational position toward said second position by a prescribed amount, to release said locking engagement of said first latch pawl with said pawl teeth so that said lever can rotate in either direction; and a position changing member supported on said lever by a single pin and engageable by said latch pawl member so that said latch pawl member is shifted from said unlocked position to said locked position when said lever is further rotated from said rotational position toward said second position and beyond said prescribed amount.