| US 7,484,432 B2 | ||
| Parking brake device | ||
| Fumikage Yamanaka, Wako (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/143,098. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-186679 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0053946 A1, Mar. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16C 1/22 (2006.01); F16D 65/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 74—502.6 [188/2 D; 188/204 R] | 16 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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