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Pneumatic servomotor for power-assisted braking, the servomotor having a crimped diaphragm

US7194946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 2004
Grant dateMar 27, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 12, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T13/569
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pneumatic servomotor (12) for power-assisted braking for a motor vehicle, which servomotor is of the type having a substantially cylindrical rigid casing (16) inside which a moving transverse partition (18) is movably mounted that has a peripheral skirt (28) which is made of sheet metal and which is covered, at least in the vicinity of its periphery (40), with a sealing diaphragm (30) made of an elastomer material and whose periphery (32) is fixed to the casing (16) in leaktight manner, said servomotor being characterized in that, in the vicinity of the periphery (40) of the skirt (28), the skirt is provided with a stamped annular recess (42) defining an internal groove (44) which serves to receive snugly a peripheral bead (46) which projects from the surface of the diaphragm (30) in order to fix the diaphragm (30) to the skirt (28) in leaktight manner.

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