Parking brake apparatus and operating handle for parking brake apparatus

摘要

A parking brake apparatus includes: an operating handle including an operating pushbutton; a base bracket including a ratchet plate having a ratchet; a brake cable for actuating a brake when the operating handle is pulled along a longitudinal direction of the base bracket; and a shaft retained in the base bracket and having a base end part fixed to the operating handle and a nose part connected to the brake cable. The shaft includes a seizing and releasing mechanism connected to the brake cable and having a seizing pawl for seizing and releasing the ratchet, and a releasing mechanism connected to the operating handle and having a release pawl for reorienting the seizing pawl seizing the ratchet through the operating pushbutton to release the seizing pawl from the ratchet.