Tie rod for booster and booster comprising such a tie rod
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsGwenael Samson, Jean-Pierre Michon, Francisco Luengo
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Abstract
A tie rod (40) for mounting a booster and the brake control master cylinder on a bulkhead (3) of the vehicle engine compartment. The tie rod (4) comprises, at each of its ends, a shoulder (43, 44) defining a bearing surface having a frustoconical shape. Each shoulder is situated in such a way that a narrow part of its frustoconical surface is near a threaded part (41, 42) used to secure the booster and is located inside of the booster in such a way that each frustoconical surface is in contact with a corresponding frustoconical hole (81, 82) in a wall of the booster.
Claims5
Vehicle brake booster tie rod intended for securing a booster to the bulkhead (3) of a vehicle compartment via a rear wall of the booster (51) and for mounting a brake control master cylinder (6) on a front wall (50) of said booster, said tie rod (4) passing through the front and rear walls (50, 51) of the booster and comprising a first end having a first threaded part (42) intended to be secured to said bulkhead (3) of the vehicle compartment and a second end having a second threaded part (41) intended to allow said master cylinder (6) to be secured to the front wall (50) of the booster, characterized in that said tie rod (4) comprises, at each of its ends, a shoulder (43, 44) exhibiting a bearing surface of frustoconical shape, each shoulder (43, 44) being situated in such a way that the narrow part of its frustoconical surface is near a threaded part (41, 42 respectively) and is intended to lie inside the booster in such a way that each frustoconical surface is intended to be in contact with a hole (81, 82) in a wall of the booster.
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