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Pneumatic booster

US4671167A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1985
Grant dateJun 9, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T13/575
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pneumatic booster including a housing, a power piston partitioning the interior of the housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber, with the front chamber being connected permanently to a source of a first reference pressure, the rear chamber being selectively communicated with the front chamber and a source of second reference pressure which is higher than the first reference pressure through a valve mechanism, an output shaft receiving the output force from the power piston, and an input shaft receiving an input force for actuating said valve mechanism and receiving a reaction force of the output force. There are provided a device between the output shaft and the power piston for changing the reaction force with respect to the output force on the output shaft, a mechanism for rotating the output shaft around the axis thereof, and a device for preventing the rotation of the power piston relative to the housing at least at the non-actuated condition of the pneumatic booster.

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