Patent ID: 8215462

Claim:
Actuation system for a parking brake ( 2 ) of a motor vehicle ( 1 ), comprising: a) a foot or hand actuated manual actuation means ( 10 ) for tightening of the parking brake ( 2 ), the manual actuation means being moveable from a rest position to a tightened position; b) a locking mechanism ( 20 ) for holding and releasing of the parking brake ( 2 ); c) wherein the actuation means ( 10 ) and locking mechanism ( 20 ) are arranged at different positions of the motor vehicle ( 1 ), the parking brake ( 2 ) being purely mechanically tightened via the actuation means ( 10 ) which causes a follower disk ( 40 ) having a toothed segment ( 46 ) rotate about a first pivot axis ( 42 ) from a released to an engaged position; d) the locking mechanism ( 20 ) comprising a clutch ( 60 , 70 ) having an engagement element ( 72 ) that engages the toothed segment ( 46 ) of follower disk ( 40 ) to hold the follower disk in the engaged position, while the manual actuation means ( 10 ) is returned to the rest position, the engagement element ( 72 ) being mounted to rotate about a rotational axis that is fixed relative to the first pivot axis ( 42 ), wherein the actuation means ( 10 ) rotates the follower disk ( 40 ) by means of a pivot lever ( 50 ) mounted for rotation about the first pivot axis ( 42 ), the pivot lever ( 50 ) having a follower bolt ( 52 ) that engages one end of an arcuate slot ( 44 ) formed in the follower disk ( 40 ).