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Equalizing container for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system

US8443664B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

17Claims

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Johann Ludwig · Steinbach, DE
Hans-Jürgen Neumann · Sankt Wendel, DE
Swen Ottmann · Frankfurt, DE
Christoph Schiel · Bad Nauheim, DE
Peter Tandler · Rockenhausen, DE
Werner Krebs · Diez, DE
Barbara Schmidt · Santa Rosa, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2007
Grant date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F23/74
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An equalizing tank for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, with a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part, and with a device for monitoring the fluid level in the equalizing tank, the device including a switching unit which is fastened to the housing and has a plug-in connector and a contact carrier, a portion of which projects into a guide pipe which extends into an interior space of the tank, and a sensor element or switching element which is arranged on the contact carrier in the region of the guide pipe and which can be switched by a transmitter in a switching point at which the switching unit generates a signal for an electronic control unit.

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