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Pneumatic brake booster with low operating noise

US6976417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 2004
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

The subject of the present invention is a pneumatic brake booster comprising an envelope in which a skirt (2) slides in a sealed manner, a pneumatic piston (8) rigidly attached to the skirt, a three-way valve (20) actuated by a control rod (22) operated at a first end by a pedal, a plunger (32) mounted at a second longitudinal end which is the opposite end and slideably mounted in the body of the piston, the control rod and the plunger forming a brake control (33), characterized in that the said booster comprises means (68) of damping the relative and in particular oscillatory movement between the brake control (33) and the pneumatic piston (8).

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