US 12,129,899 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 Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/392,717.
Application 18/392,717 is a division of application No. 17/450,111, filed on Oct. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,892,047.
Claims priority of application No. 20200510 (EP), filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151285 A1, May 9, 2024
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)] 17 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,
wherein the brake lever further includes a stiffening member that extends in a curved manner along a direction contained inside a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the hole and that includes an orifice for fitting the brake shaft.