Drum brake apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655868-B2
Application number	US-202117356098-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2021
Priority date	Jun 23, 2020
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A drum brake apparatus includes: a housing; a main braking unit disposed on a first portion of the housing, and the main braking unit configured to be, during main braking, driven by a hydraulic pressure and pressing a shoe; a parking braking unit disposed on a second portion of the housing, the parking braking unit configured to be, during parking braking, driven by an electromotive force of an actuator and pressing the shoe; a first locking member configured to couple the housing to one surface of a back plate; and a second locking member configured to couple the actuator to the housing on another surface side of the back plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drum brake apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a main braking unit disposed on a first portion of the housing, the main braking unit configured to be, during main braking, driven by a hydraulic pressure and pressing a shoe;
a parking braking unit disposed on a second portion of the housing, the parking braking unit configured to be, during parking braking, driven by an electromotive force of an actuator and pressing the shoe;
a first locking member configured to fasten the housing to a first surface of a back plate; and
a second locking member configured to fasten the actuator to the housing on a second surface side of the back plate,
wherein the housing includes: a housing body, a piston receiving body and a rod receiving body,
the housing body includes:
a body part having the piston receiving body and the rod receiving body therein,
a first fastening part disposed on the body part, and configured to be coupled to the back plate by the first locking member,
a through extension part disposed at an end of the body part, the through extension part disposed on the second surface side of the back plate and extending through a through hole of the back plate, and
a second fastening part to which the second locking member is locked.

2. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the piston receiving body disposed to be connected to a first portion of the housing body corresponding to the first portion of the housing, the piston receiving body configured to be hollow in which the main braking unit is disposed; and
the rod receiving body disposed to be connected to a second portion of the housing body corresponding to the second portion of the housing to be hollow, the rod receiving body having the parking braking unit therein and spaced apart from, farther than the piston receiving body, a rotation center of the shoe.

3. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the piston receiving body and the rod receiving body are disposed on a same radial extension line with respect to a rotation center of the back plate, and
wherein the actuator is disposed on a same radial extension line as a chassis which supports a center portion of the back plate, and is disposed parallel to the rotation center of the back plate.

4. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening part comprises:
a left fastening part disposed on a left side portion of the body part, and configured to be coupled to the back plate by the first locking member; and
a right fastening part disposed on a right side portion of the body part, and configured to be coupled to the back plate by the first locking member,
wherein the through extension part is disposed between the left fastening part and the right fastening part.

5. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the piston receiving body comprises:
a cylinder part in which the main braking unit is disposed; and
a hydraulic flow path part extending from both sides of the through extension part to the cylinder part so as to define a path through which a fluid is supplied into the cylinder part,
wherein the second fastening part is disposed at a middle portion in a lateral direction of the through extension part and spaced apart from the hydraulic flow path part.

6. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a rotation preventing assembly unit configured to prevent rotation of the actuator about the second locking member between the housing and the actuator,
wherein the rod receiving body comprises:
a rod cylinder in which the parking braking unit is disposed; and
a driving shaft receiving part, in which an output shaft of the actuator is disposed and connected to the parking braking unit, extending from the through extension part to the rod cylinder part,
wherein the second fastening part is disposed on a first side of the driving shaft receiving part and spaced apart from the first fastening part, and
wherein the rotation preventing assembly unit is disposed on a second side of the driving shaft receiving part opposite to the first side of the driving shaft receiving part based on a center portion of the driving shaft receiving part.

7. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the rotation preventing assembly unit comprises:
a rotation preventing groove through which an edge portion of the driving shaft receiving part communicates with the rotation preventing assembly unit, the rotation preventing groove configured to be recessed in an extending direction of the driving shaft receiving part; and
a rotation preventing projection extending on the actuator and configured to be fitted into the rotation preventing groove.

8. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing body further comprises a foreign matter introduction prevention part coupled to a side of the body part at which the piston receiving body and the rod receiving body have openings, respectively,
wherein the foreign matter introduction prevention part is configured to enclose an edge portion of the piston receiving body and an edge portion of the rod receiving body.

9. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the foreign matter introduction prevention part comprises:
a connecting portion disposed between the opening of the piston receiving body and the opening of the rod receiving body;
a piston sealing portion having a ring shape corresponding to the edge portion of the piston receiving body, the ring shape of the piston sealing portion being continuous with a first portion of the connecting portion, wherein the piston sealing portion has an inner end connected to the main braking unit;
a rod sealing portion having a ring shape corresponding to the edge portion of the rod receiving body, the ring shape of the rod sealing portion continuous with a second portion of the connecting portion, wherein the rod sealing portion has an inner end connected to the parking braking unit; and
a body fixing portion disposed on the connecting portion and fixed to the body part.

10. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the main braking unit comprises:
a piston disposed at an end of the housing, the piston configured to reciprocate to be in and out of the housing by a hydraulic pressure and pressing the shoe; and
an elastic member disposed in the housing so as to reduce an impact force applied to the piston returning into the housing.

11. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the parking braking unit comprises:
a gear rotatably disposed in the housing in association with the actuator; and
a rod connected with the gear, the rod configured to press the shoe when moving out of the housing in association with the gear.

12. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a rotation preventing assembly unit spaced apart from the second locking member so as to prevent rotation of the actuator about the second locking member by fitting assembly between the housing and the actuator.

13. The drum brake apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the rotation preventing assembly unit comprises:
a rotation preventing groove disposed on one of the housing and the actuator; and
a rotation preventing projection extending on the other of the housing and the actuator through the rotation preventing groove.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Chi Hoon

Classifications

• F16D65/22 Primary

  adapted for pressing members apart {, e.g. for drum brakes} · CPC title

• F16D2127/06

  Locking mechanisms, e.g. acting on actuators, on release mechanisms or on force transmission mechanisms · CPC title

• F16D2121/04

  acting on a piston-type actuator, e.g. for liquid pressure · CPC title

• F16D51/24 Primary

  fluid actuated · CPC title

• F16D65/02

  Braking members; Mounting thereof (friction linings or attachment thereof F16D69/00) · CPC title