Patent ID: 7314123
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A parking brake equalizer comprising a pair of engaging portions held in engagement with a pair of output members connected to braking devices of right and left wheels, disposed symmetrically on opposite sides of an input portion, such that the braking devices are activated when the parking brake equalizer pulls the pair of output members while being rockable about the input portion, upon application of a tensile force to the input portion for activating the parking brake, said equalizer comprising: a main body including a pair of mutually parallel side plates and a back plate connecting the side plates, defining a structure having substantially a U shape, and accommodating the pair of output members in an interior of the U-shaped structure; and a synthetic resin member disposed in the interior of the U-shaped structure, wherein the main body has: a pair of engaging holes provided in the back plate, allowing connecting members connecting the output members and the braking devices, to extend away from the main body, while inhibiting the output members from passing therethrough; a pair of inserting holes which are provided in one of the pair of side plates so as to correspond to the pair of engaging holes, such that the pair of output members are insertable to the interior of the U-shaped structure of the main body through the inserting holes; and a pair of slits which are provided to extend between the one of the pair of side plates and the back plate and to connect the inserting holes and the engaging holes, for enabling the connecting members to be insertable through the slits, wherein the engaging portions are defined by portions of the back plate in which the engaging holes are provided, and wherein the synthetic resin member comprises: contact preventing portions interposed between the output members and the pair of side plates, so as to prevent contact between the output members and the side plates; and a pair of gate portions projecting within the pair of inserting holes, elastically deformable to allow insertion of the output members through the gate portions, while restoring original shapes thereof to prevent the output members from coming out through the inserting holes, at least in a state wherein the output members have been moved toward the back plate and seated in the engaging holes.