Suspended pedal system for golf cars
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June 30, 2004
A golf car 10 having a hydraulic fluid brake system. The hydraulic fluid brake system 50 is implemented as a disk brake system which is responsive to hydraulic fluid pressure generated from a master cylinder 60. A brake pedal 80 and associated linkage 42 provides input to a master cylinder 60 to generate a hydraulic fluid pressure to control a brake caliper assembly 48. The brake pedal 80 has a range of travel, where a first portion of the range defines a service mode of operation and a second portion of the range defines a parking mode of operation. In the parking mode of operation, the brake pedal 80 and linkage 42 engages a detent 118, 120 to maintain application of the brake to provide a parking mode of operation. An accumulator 62 in the brake system provides an input force to maintain hydraulic fluid pressure sufficient to retain a parking mode of operation.
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