Patent ID: 7484432

Claim:
A parking brake device in which operation of a brake operation element is transmitted to a brake device via a first operation cable, a second operation cable, and a booster mechanism, wherein the booster mechanism comprises: a support bracket which is affixed to a vehicle body, wherein a portion of said first operation cable is attached to said support bracket; an intermediate lever having two opposing ends, with one end pivotally supported at a portion of the support bracket; a pulley rotatably supported a portion of the intermediate lever spaced away from said one end; the first operation cable with an intermediate portion wound around the pulley and one of opposite ends connected to the brake operation element and the other end connected immovably to the vehicle body; and further comprising at least one spring operatively connected to the intermediate lever, for biasing the intermediate lever in a brake-releasing direction; the second operation cable with opposite ends respectively operatively connected to an intermediate portion of the intermediate lever and the brake device, the intermediate portion of the intermediate lever disposed between the one end and the other end thereof.