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Intermittent vehicular braking apparatus and method

US4708403A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1986
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 6, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86919
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An auxiliary manual and physically controlled fluid pressure handling apparatus for vehicular pneumatic systems induced into the braking system to become a tool to aid the operator in providing rapid OFF-and-ON impulse or conventional braking, the selection of which is dependent upon the amount of force applied by the operator against the brake pedal, which also controls the frequency of intermittent application of the brakes by the apparatus.

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