Patent ID: 8096390

Claim:
Drum brake shoe ( 4 ) comprising a rigid web ( 16 ) and a cylindrical part ( 8 ) that accepts a friction lining, characterized in that an interior edge of the web ( 16 ) has a cut-out ( 90 ) providing access to a brake cable ( 64 ) attachment end terminal ( 66 ) attached to a lever ( 50 ) comprising a cable-accommodating duct ( 60 ) formed with an inclined edge ( 62 ) which diverges from an axis (A) of the duct ( 60 ) towards a drum, the lever ( 50 ) also comprising a ferrule ( 70 ) for guiding the end terminal ( 66 ) when the cable ( 64 ) is being fitted, and an elastic leaf ( 74 ) capable of pushing the end terminal ( 66 ) as the end terminal ( 66 ) leaves the ferrule ( 70 ) so as to house and hold part of the cable ( 64 ) in place in the closed end of the duct ( 60 ), in that the lever ( 50 ) has an outer edge, and in that the cut-out ( 90 ) has a depth outwardly beyond the outer edge of the lever ( 50 ) proximate an axial end ( 80 ) of the duct ( 60 ) to provide access to the end terminal ( 66 ) when attached to the lever ( 50 ).