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US 11,176,921 B2Granted
Silencer for clutch air booster
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJae-Beom Lee
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Abstract
A silencer for a clutch air booster may include an exhaust retainer including a disk-shaped bottom portion seated on the upper side of an outlet body of the clutch air booster and a retainer hole formed in the center of the bottom portion, a valve seated on the exhaust retainer to cover the retainer hole, a valve housing coupled to an outer side of the exhaust retainer and forming an inner space configured to accommodate the valve, and a rubber cap coupled to an outer side of the valve housing to cover an upper side of the valve housing.
Claims12
A silencer for a clutch air booster, comprising:
- an exhaust retainer including a bottom portion forming a disk shape and seated on an upper side of an outlet body of the clutch air booster and a retainer hole formed in a center of the bottom portion;
- a valve seated on the exhaust retainer and configured to cover the retainer hole;
- a valve housing coupled to an outer side of the exhaust retainer;
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- a rubber cap coupled to an outer side of the valve housing and configured to cover an upper side of the valve housing,
- wherein the valve housing comprises:
- an upper circumference portion coupled with the rubber cap;
- a lower circumference portion coupled to the outer side of the exhaust retainer, wherein the upper circumference portion and the lower circumference portion are configured to form an inner space configured to accommodate the valve;
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- a partition arranged between the upper circumference portion and the lower circumference portion and configured to extend radially inwardly into the inner space, and
- wherein the partition is provided with a through hole through which the valve is coupled with the valve housing while resiliently moving within the valve housing so as to adjust a flow of air passing from the exhaust retainer to the rubber cap.
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