Patent ID: 7775606
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A brake power proportioning device for proportioning a brake control force from a brake pedal to each of first and second brake cylinders, the first and second brake cylinders being provided respectively with first and second joint rods, each of the joint rods having an internal end movably disposed within the respective brake cylinder and an external end external of the respective brake cylinder, the brake power proportioning device comprising a first leg having an end hingedly connected to the external end of the first joint rod at a first joint, a second leg having an end hingedly connected to the external end of the second joint rod at a second joint and a third leg hingedly connecting the first and second joints, the first and second legs of the brake power proportioning device being hingedly connected to one another at a third joint spaced from the respective first and second joints, a link operatively connecting the third joint to the brake pedal, at least one of the first and second legs having an elastic element that is continuously deformable as a function of the brake control force applied to the brake pedal for adjusting lever arms between the third joint and the respective first and second joints as a function of the brake control force applied to the brake pedal.