Patent ID: 8197155

Claim:
A brake assembly comprising: an electric parking brake cable; an electric parking brake actuator; and a connecting device for connecting the electric parking brake cable to the electric parking brake actuator, the connecting device comprising: (a) a connector, wherein the connector comprises: (a1) a small diameter section having one side into which an outer peripheral surface of a parking brake is insertable; (a2) a large diameter section that extends from the small diameter section to have a diameter larger than that of the small diameter section; (a3) an axial cutout slit axially formed through upper and lower surfaces of an outer peripheral portion of the large diameter section such that protrusions circumferentially protruding from an outer peripheral surface of an end of the actuator are insertable into the axial cutout slit through one side of the large diameter section; (a4) a circumferential cutout slit that extends from an inner end of the axial cutout slit by a predetermined length in a circumferential direction; and (a5) a cutout groove that axially extends from the circumferential cutout slit, and (b) a reaction force member, disposable between the electric parking brake cable and the electric parking brake actuator inside the large diameter section of the connector, for generating an elastic force applicable to the electric parking brake cable and the electric parking brake actuator, wherein the reaction force member is inserted into the large diameter section of the connector to press the protrusions of the actuator such that the protrusions are seated in the cutout groove through the axial cutout slit and the circumferential cutout slit.