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Electric parking brake

  • US 6,863,162 B1
  • Filed: 04/16/1999
  • Issued: 03/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electric parking brake for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a winch having a rotation axis, an electrical motor for turning the winch, the electric motor having a rotary shaft perpendicular to the rotation axis of the winch, two braking cables fixed to the circumference of the winch on opposite sides, so that under a rotation of the winch from an initial disengaged position to an engaged position, segments of essentially equal length of the braking cables are wrapped onto the winch, and a gear rotatably driven by the rotary shaft of the electric motor and engaged with the winch along a diameter centrally disposed between the opposite sides of the winch to which the braking cables are fixed when the winch is in said initial disengaged position, and wherein the rotary shaft is substantially orthogonal with respect to the braking cables.

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