Patent ID: 6554110
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A drum brake device comprising a brake shoe being movably disposed parallel to a surface on a fixed back plate, a parking brake actuating lever superposed on a shoe web of the brake shoe, positioned between the back plate and the shoe web, but adjacent to the shoe web, a base end of which is pivotally supported at one end of the shoe web, a shoe-hold pin, one end of which is swingably engages with the back plate while the end of which freely penetrates a by-pass hole passing through the parking brake actuating lever, and a shoe-hold spring retained by the other end of the shoe-hold pin so as to urge the brake shoe toward the back plate, wherein the brake shoe frictionally engages with the brake drum upon pulling a free end of the parking brake actuating lever by a remote force transmitting member, and wherein a part of the parking brake actuating lever surrounding the by-pass hole is positioned closer to and is facing the back plate.