Electric parking brake devices are configured such that a parking lever is driven by an electric actuator. The electric actuator is provided with: an electric motor drivable in a forward/reverse direction and operationally controlled by a motor control unit according to rotational loads; a conversion mechanism capable of converting a rotational motion into a linear motion, moving the parking lever from a return position toward an operating position through forward rotation of the electric motor, and moving the parking lever from the operating position toward the return position through the reverse rotation of the electric motor; and a load applying mechanism (a stopper and a disc spring assembly) for applying a predetermined rotational load to the electric motor by driving a constituent member of the conversion mechanism after the parking lever is moved from the operating position to the return position through the reverse rotation of the electric motor.

An axle assembly having a brake drum and inboard and outboard wheels. The brake drum the inboard wheel may cooperate to inhibit movement of the inboard wheel in an inboard direction. An outboard wheel clamp and an outboard split ring may cooperate to inhibit movement of the outboard wheel in an outboard direction.

An axle assembly and a method of assembly. An outboard wheel is mounted to an outboard mounting arrangement of a wheel hub. An inboard wheel and a brake drum are mounted to an inboard mounting arrangement of the wheel hub such that a brake drum mounting arrangement of the brake drum is axially positioned between the inboard wheel and the inboard mounting arrangement.

The disclosed caliper brake includes a piston configured to move forward and backward in an axial direction and a back plate provided to face a front side of the piston, wherein the piston is provided with a suction plate provided on a front surface of the piston and having a center concavely formed rearward to adsorb the back plate during the piston moving forward.

For controlling electromechanically actuatable brakes of servo type construction, it is necessary to detect the forces acting on the abutment of the brake shoes. The abutment is therefore formed from a massive material which deforms under load, wherein measurement devices are provided which detect this deformation. The shape of the abutment is selected in such a way that the abutment has measurement gaps, the size of which changes when the abutment is loaded. The size of the measurement gaps can be sensed by means of Hall sensors or AMR sensors, for example.

The drum brake includes: a drum configured to rotate together with a wheel; a pair of brake shoes positioned inside the drum and configured to move to an inner circumferential surface of the drum by a wheel cylinder; and a pad attached to an outer circumferential surface of each brake shoe and configured to rub against the inner circumferential surface of the drum when the brake shoe operates outward, wherein the brake shoe includes an expansion portion made of a material that expands thermally in a radial direction and configured to compensate a gap formed between the pad and the drum expanding thermally.

The drum brake includes: a drum configured to rotate together with a wheel; a pair of brake shoes positioned inside the drum and configured to move to an inner circumferential surface of the drum by a wheel cylinder; and a pad attached to an outer circumferential surface of each brake shoe and configured to rub against the inner circumferential surface of the drum when the brake shoe operates outward, wherein the brake shoe includes an expansion portion made of a material that expands thermally in a radial direction and configured to compensate a gap formed between the pad and the drum expanding thermally.