US 11,892,047 B2
Brake lever for a drum brake arrangement, said brake lever being designed for transmitting the movement of a cylinder rod to a brake shaft
Ramachandran Sandrasekaran, Karnataka (IN); and Sundar Vignesh Alavandar, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Assigned to VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,111.
Claims priority of application No. 20200510 (EP), filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106993 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 65/60 (2006.01); F16D 65/50 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); F16D 125/30 (2012.01)
CPC F16D 65/60 (2013.01) [F16D 65/50 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); F16D 2125/30 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake lever for a drum brake arrangement, said brake lever being designed for transmitting the movement of a cylinder rod to a brake shaft, wherein the brake lever comprises a first portion delimiting a hole for fitting the brake shaft, and a second portion which is configured to be pivotally connected to the cylinder rod, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are offset from each other with respect to a central axis of the hole,
the brake lever further includes a central portion extending in a straight line between the first and second portions, the central portion extending obliquely with respect to the second portion, a stiffening member that extends along a direction contained inside a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the hole, and includes an orifice for fitting the brake shaft, and an automatic or manual slack adjuster,
wherein the stiffening member is spaced apart from the slack adjuster.