Wireless tension adjusting system of hand parking brake and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9776606-B2
Application number	US-201414562743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2014
Priority date	Sep 22, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A wireless tension adjusting system of a hand parking brake includes: a nut runner fastened to an that adjusts nut adjusting tension which is present in a parking brake cable, the nut runner being configured to apply rotational force to the adjusting nut; an external force measuring jig configured to measure external force of a parking brake lever caused by the rotational force applied to the adjusting nut from the nut runner; and a controlling unit configured to transmit an operation stop signal to the nut runner based on the external force which is measured by the external force measuring jig.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless tension adjusting system of a hand parking brake, the wireless tension adjusting system comprising:
a nut runner fastened to an adjusting nut that adjusts tension which is present in a parking brake cable, the nut runner being configured to apply rotational force to the adjusting nut;
an external force measuring jig configured to measure external force of a parking brake lever caused by the rotational force applied to the adjusting nut from the nut runner; and
a controlling unit configured to transmit an operation stop signal to the nut runner based on the external force which is measured by the external force measuring jig,
wherein the controlling unit includes:
a load cell indicator configured to receive the measured external force from the external force measuring jig,
a programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to receive the external force from the load cell indicator, and
a nut runner controller configured to receive a signal from the PLC and to transmit the operation stop signal to the nut runner.

2. The wireless tension adjusting system according to claim 1 , further comprising an equalizer interposed between the parking brake cable and the parking brake lever.

3. The wireless tension adjusting system according to claim 2 , wherein the equalizer includes an adjusting bolt having the adjusting nut to one side thereof and having a predetermined length, the adjusting bolt penetrating through the equalizer and being fixed to a rotation shaft of the parking brake lever.

4. The wireless tension adjusting system according to claim 3 , wherein the nut runner includes:
a fastening part fastened to the adjusting nut, and
an insertion space part having the adjusting bolt inserted thereinto.

5. The wireless tension adjusting system according to claim 1 , wherein the external force measuring jig is further configured to measure a load occurring at the parking brake lever.

6. An operating method of a wireless tension adjusting system of a hand parking brake, the operating method comprising:
measuring tension in a parking brake cable applied to a parking brake lever which is installed in a vehicle body;
adjusting the tension in the parking brake cable using an equalizer connected to the parking brake lever;
measuring external force applied to the parking brake lever using an external force measuring jig mounted in the parking brake lever;
transmitting, from the external force measuring jig, a load occurring at the parking brake lever to a load cell indicator indicating a measured value which is measured by the external force measuring jig, when a rotational force is applied to an adjusting nut;
transmitting, from the load cell indicator, a load value which is measured by the external force measuring jig to a programmable logic controller (PLC);
determining, by the PLC, whether the load value and a threshold value are the same; and
transmitting, from the PLC, an operation stop signal to a nut runner controller, when the load value and the threshold value are the same.

7. The operating method according to claim 6 , wherein the adjusting of the tension in the parking brake cable comprises:
applying, by a nut runner mounted in the equalizer, rotational force to an adjusting nut provided in the equalizer;
receiving, at the nut runner, an operation stop signal from a nut runner controller; and
stopping an operation of the nut runner in response to the received operation stop signal.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for an operating method of a wireless tension adjusting system of a hand parking brake, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that measure tension in a parking brake cable applied to a parking brake lever which is installed in a vehicle body;
program instructions that adjust the tension in the parking brake cable using an equalizer connected to the parking brake lever;
program instructions that measure external force applied to the parking brake lever using an external force measuring jig mounted in the parking brake lever;
program instructions that transmit, from the external force measuring jig, a load occurring at the parking brake lever to a load cell indicator indicating a measured value which is measured by the external force measuring jig, when a rotational force is applied to an adjusting nut;
program instructions that transmit, from the load cell indicator, a load value which is measured by the external force measuring jig to a programmable logic controller (PLC);
program instructions that determine, by the PLC, whether the load value and a threshold value are the same; and
program instructions that transmit, from the PLC, an operation stop signal to a nut runner controller, when the load value and the threshold value are the same.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Tae Hyeong

Classifications

• B60T7/085

  by electrical means, e.g. travel, force sensors · CPC title

• B60T7/107

  with electrical power assistance · CPC title

• B60T13/746

  and mechanical transmission of the braking action · CPC title

• B60T7/08

  hand actuated · CPC title

• B60T7/108 Primary

  with mechanisms to take up slack in the linkage to the brakes · CPC title