Patent ID: 7207238
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An auxiliary brake control system for a vehicle having wheel brakes, and a brake pedal in an operator's compartment of said vehicle, controllable by a vehicle operator, said brake pedal being secured to a brake arm pivotally attached to a frame member in the operator's compartment and being positioned above a floor section of such vehicle, said auxiliary brake control system comprising: an auxiliary brake actuator positionable in a passenger compartment of such vehicle, said auxiliary brake actuator including a base member and an auxiliary pedal member pivotally attached to said base member; a cable member including an outer sheath portion and an inner cable portion within said outer sheath portion; first means connecting a distal end of said outer sheath portion to said base member: second means locating the opposite, proximal, end of said outer sheath portion at said brake arm; third means connecting a distal end of said inner cable portion to said auxiliary pedal member; and fourth means connecting the opposite, proximal, end of said inner cable portion to said floor section of said vehicle; at least a section of said cable member being unconstrained between said first and second means; whereby when a passenger applies force on said auxiliary pedal member said outer sheath portion of said cable member will move relative to said inner cable portion such that said second means will act on said brake arm to apply said vehicle wheel brakes.