AN AUTOMATIC CLEARANCE COMPENSATOR FOR A DRUM BRAKE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
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    发明公开
    AN AUTOMATIC CLEARANCE COMPENSATOR FOR A DRUM BRAKE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE 有权
    汽车鼓式制动器的间隙自动调整臂

    公开(公告)号:EP1117942A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-25

    申请号:EP00947883.5

    申请日:2000-06-27

    IPC分类号: F16D65/56

    CPC分类号: F16D65/563 F16D65/566

    摘要: In a clearance compensator a rod (12) is fixed to one of the shoes of the brake and is slidable in an intermediate element (13) threadedly engaged in another rod (11) secured to the other shoe. A heat-sensitive bi-metal strip (18) projects from a leaf spring (14) operable to urge the rod (12) away from the intermediate element (13). The bi-metal strip (18) is orientated substantially tangentially of a ratchet wheel (17) fixed to the intermediate element (13); at its free end, the bi-metal strip (18) has a stop element (18a) for engaging the ratchet wheel (17). At temperatures above a predetermined value, the strip (18) assumes a heat-induced deflected condition in which the stop element (18a) is disengaged from the wheel (17).