Patent ID: 6105732
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60T,F16C,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A parking brake assembly for a motor vehicle having a drum brake assembly including a back plate, a brake shoe pivotally mounted to the back plate and a brake drum, said parking brake assembly comprising:a lever pivotally connected to the brake shoe and operative to move the brake shoe into engagement with the brake drum, said lever including a body with one end having at least one tang formed at a right angle to a plane of said body of said lever and extending parallel to a pivot axis of said lever;a retainer mounted to said lever adjacent said tang and a spring positioned in said retainer and extending outwardly from said retainer;a clasp pivotally connected to said lever and having a plate portion with a front surface and a rear surface and a center portion, said plate portion having a slot therein; anda cable strand having a bullet staked on one end thereof and disposed within said slot such that said bullet is positioned adjacent said front surface of said plate portion and said rear surface of said plate portion contacts said tang when a tensile force is applied to said cable strand.