An electrically powered actuator mechanism for operating a vehicle parking brake including a reversible electrical motor having output gearing driving a sector gear. A wrapped spring clutch drivingly connects the sector gear to an intermediate operator cab...

Method for checking that a vehicle is stopped or that the brakes of a vehicle with a decentralized electromechanical braking system (20) are working properly. According to the method if an insufficient braking force is applied to a parking brake (4) to ens...

In a brake pedal apparatus of the present invention, as a brake pedal 2 is depressed when an engaging means 15 and a receiving portion 14 are engaged with each other, a second lever member 2a2 pivots about a second pivot pin 13. At this point, when the ped...

The present invention concerns a brake mechanism of a disc brake received in a caliper (16) and a method for controlling the force amplification for the brake mechanism. The brake mechanism comprises a lever (26, 31) actuated by a brake actuator. The lever...