Patent ID: 6435317
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A brake cable-connecting apparatus of a brake-actuating mechanism for use on a drum brake,the brake-actuating mechanism comprising: a strut engaging with one of a pair of brake shoes at one end thereof; an operating lever, being pivotably attached to the strut at the other end of the strut, engaging with the other of the brake shoes at the other end thereof; a brake cable, a cable end thereof engaging with a free end of the operating lever in a cable operating direction so as to rotate the operating lever relative to the strut with a pivotal attachment portion by applying a brake cable-pulling force on the free end of the operating lever, thereby moving the brake shoes in a direction away from each other, and a resilient member extending into a path in which the cable end moves when the cable end engages with the free end of the operating lever, said resilient member being positioned to interfere with the cable end so that the cable end can pass over the resilient member with sufficiently resilient deformation of the resilient member by the cable end when the cable end moves in the path in the cable operating direction, such that the cable end can not pass over the resilient member when the cable end moves in the path in a cable releasing direction substantially opposite to said cable operating direction.