Blind cable assembly

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1988-12-19

1989-12-12

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Vehicle

188106A, 188325, F16D 5100

Patent

active

048861464

ABSTRACT:
A drum brake assembly having a parking brake actuating lever is provided so that the parking brake cable end may be assembled in a blind fashion to the actuating lever. The cable is provided with a button. A spring is attached to the lever and to the backing plate about a parking brake cable opening. The spring end attached to the lever has a ramp section and a hook end, the ramp section being in a tapered open channel formed on the lever end and the hook end being secured to the lever. The cable button is inserted axially through the backing plate opening through the spring, being guided by the spring, into the channel. Further insertive movement of the cable button causes the button to be deflected upwardly by the coil spring ramp portion and the channel sides, side loading the cable. When the button passes the end of the ramp portion and the channel smaller end, the stored force in the cable because of the side loading moves the cable and the button downwardly in the channel. The button moves into tension a force-transmitting engagement with the edges of the channel smaller end so that as the cable is then tensioned the lever will be moved to actuate the brake.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4595084 (1986-06-01), Le Deit
patent: 4753325 (1988-06-01), Jaksic

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