Parking brake actuator with variable ratios

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5280734
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07935560

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A foot operated actuator is provided for actuating a cable operated vehicle parking brake. The actuator comprises an input lever pivotally mounted on a support for movement to a plurality of brake applied positions where it is held by a pawl-and-sector latch. The lever is standardized and is adapted to receive a plurality of different interchangeable sectors. The sectors have outer peripheral cable-receiving grooves which can have a variety of outer profiles which determine the constant or variable output/input ratio of output cable travel per unit of input lever travel. The lever has a hub having an arcuate surface which receives a mating arcuate surface on the sectors. The sectors each have a radially inwardly depending lobed tab that is axially received in an axially open mating slot on the hub to lock the sectors to the hub.

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DURA OPERATING CORP2791 RESEARCH DRIVE ROCHESTER HILLS MI 48309

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Riffle, Stephanie J Hartland, MI 2 40
Scott, Gerald G Troy, MI 2 16

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