This standard specifies the terms and definitions, performance requirements, test conditions and bench test methods of mechanical parking-brake control lever assembly.
This standard is applicable to all kinds of mechanical parking-brake control lever assemblies.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 5620-2002 Road vehicles - Braking of automotive vehicles and their trailers - Vocabulary
GB 8410 Flammability of automotive interior materials
GB/T 10125-1997 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres - Salt spray tests
GB/T 15089 Classification of power-driven vehicles and trailers
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 5620-2002 and the following apply.
3.1
mechanical parking-brake control lever assembly
manually operated parking-brake control device consisting of components such as control lever, control lever handle sleeve, button, control lever bracket, toothed plate, pawl, pull rod and parking brake light switch, excluding from the transmission devices such as balance arm, stay rope or stay cord
3.2
control lever
component operated by the driver for parking brake
3.3
control lever handle sleeve
sleeve outside the control lever, which is tightly combined with the control lever
3.4
control lever bracket
bracket that fixes the control lever, around which the control lever is able to rotate or slide
3.5
toothed plate
sector gear on control lever bracket
3.6
pawl
component that engages with the toothed plate
