Abstract: In a disc brake assembly including a caliper member mounted on a vehicle body structure in such a manner as to straddle a portion of a rotary brake disc secured for a road wheel, a friction pad supported on the caliper member by means of a pair of hanger pins to be moved toward and away from one side surface of the brake disc for engagement therewith and disengagement therefrom, the friction pad having a backing plate secured thereto to be engaged at one side end face thereof with a torque receiving portion of the caliper member in braking operation and a fluid actuator mounted within the caliper member to press the friction pad against the one side surface of the brake disc, a side projection is provided on at least an upper or lower portion of the one side end face of the backing plate for engagement with the torque receiving portion of the caliper member or on at least an upper or lower portion of the torque receiving portion of the caliper member for engagement with the one side face of said backing plate

Abstract: In a disc brake assembly which comprises a pair of parallel guide pins fixed to a torque member, a movable caliper having a pair of support arms, each arm being axially slidable on a respective one of the guide pins, and a pair of tubular sealing boots for each guide pin, the two boots of each pair having inner ends attached to a corresponding one of the support arms and having outer ends attached to the corresponding one of the guide pins, each of the guide pins is provided with axially spaced inner and outer annular grooves located at the opposite sides of the support arm, and the sealing boot located on the outer side of the corresponding one of the support arms is formed at its inner end with an inner cylindrical sealing portion fixed to the support arm and at its outer end with an outer cylindrical sealing portion coupled within the outer annular groove of the guide pin.

Abstract: An intermediate-lever device for a vehicle parking brake system including a first brake cable connected to a hand- or foot-operated control member, and a second brake cable connected to a parking brake mechanism on a vehicle wheel. The device comprises an intermediate lever connecting the first brake cable to the second brake cable, and a bracket pivotally supporting the intermediate lever. The intermediate lever and the bracket are accommodated in a console box disposed between right and left seats of a vehicle, and the bracket is secured to an upper surface of a floor panel of the vehicle with which the seats are associated.

Abstract: This invention relates to a parking brake pilot lamp mechanism which, when a parking brake of a car is actuated, turns on not only a brake warning lamp of an electric circuit but also a rear pilot lamp, and specifically to the mechanism of the type wherein said rear pilot lamp has a warning function to following cars as well as an illuminating function of the trunk room.

Abstract: In a device for adjusting the clearance between a brake shoe and a brake drum of the type having the brake shoes biased against the ends of a strut, the length of the strut being adjustable by the threaded interaction of a nut and a bolt actuated by a star wheel, the star wheel being advanced to lengthen the strut by the parking brake mechanism, a detent for restraining the reverse rotating of the star wheel. In one embodiment, a resilient arm member, fixed to a portion of the strut, acts as a detent against the teeth of the star wheel. In another embodiment, a spring, biasing the brake shoes against the ends of the strut, has a portion engaging the teeth of the star wheel.