Patent · US Expired

Master cylinder

US5878575A · kind A · utility

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8References

10Claims

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Assignee

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC · US

Inventors

Heinrich Kreh · Florstadt, DE
Harald König · Bernhardswald, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 1997
Grant date	Mar 9, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T11/232
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A master cylinder includes a housing and a piston movable therein, which is sealed relative to a pressure chamber by way of a sealing element fixed on the housing. The pressure chamber is connectable to an unpressurized supply chamber by at least one transverse bore provided in the piston, wherein the transverse bore has a slot-shaped configuration and opens into at least one groove provided on the outer surface of the piston.

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