Patent ID: 6412609
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake comprising:a mechanical expander having an input force portion, said expander disposed adjacent to a pair of adjacent facing ends of brake shoes moveably mounted on a back plate so as to actuate said brake shoes; a brake cable having an inner cable connected with said input force portion of said mechanical expander and having an outer casing; and a guide pipe for guiding said inner cable to pass out of said drum brake, said outer casing being attached to said guide pipe, wherein said guide pipe penetrates through a guide pipe insertion hole of said back plate and projects outwardly from a guide pipe fixing portion of said back plate, a large diameter overhanging portion provided on an intermediate portion of said guide pipe contacts said back plate at a brake fixing part side, a projected outwardly end tip of said guide pipe is formed to be a widened end, and said guide pipe is securely fixed on said back plate between said overhanging portion and said widened end.