| US 7,552,663 B2 | ||
| Parking brake apparatus | ||
| Fumikage Yamanaka, Saitama (Japan); Takahiko Midori, Saitama (Japan); Satoru Masuda, Kanagawa (Japan); and Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan); and Otsuka Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kangawa (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/271,956. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-345051 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0117900 A1, Jun. 08, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G05G 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 74—523 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A parking brake apparatus for activating a brake unit, comprising:
a base member;
an operating lever supported on the base member for generating an operating force when, the operating lever is operated so
that the operating force is transmitted to the brake unit through a brake cable;
an inputting member to be rotated with the operating lever;
an intermediating member disposed separately from the inputting member for interconnecting the inputting member and the brake
cable; and
a connection member for connecting the intermediating member and the inputting member so that the intermediating member transmits
the operating force to the brake cable from the connection member when the intermediating member rotates,
wherein said intermediating member includes an input connection part connected to the connection member and a brake cable
connection part for connecting the brake cable.
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