Hydraulic Converter and Hydraulic Brake
AssigneeGustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJoachim Hujer, Jochen Coconcelli
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Abstract
A hydraulic converter for a hydraulic brake system or clutch system, in particular, of a handlebar-steered vehicle, in particular of a bicycle, includes at least one hydraulic master device and a mechanical slave device for actuating the hydraulic master device. The hydraulic master device comprises a cylinder with a pressure chamber, a piston arranged in the cylinder displaceably along the axis of the cylinder, and the hydraulic converter having an adjustment device for adjusting the volume of the pressure chamber of the cylinder.
Claims18
A hydraulic converter for a hydraulic system, comprising:
- at least one hydraulic master device comprising a cylinder defining a pressure chamber and having:
- an axis;
- and
- a piston disposed in the cylinder displaceably along the axis of the cylinder;
- a mechanical slave device configured to actuate the hydraulic master device;
- and
- an adjustment device configured to adjust a volume of the pressure chamber of the cylinder.
A hydraulic converter for a hydraulic system, comprising:
- at least one hydraulic master device comprising a cylinder defining a pressure chamber and having:
- an axis;
- and
- a piston disposed in the cylinder displaceably along the axis of the cylinder;
- a housing defining a cylinder receptacle in which the cylinder is disposed displaceably;
- a mechanical slave device configured to actuate the hydraulic master device;
- an adjustment device configured to adjust a volume of the pressure chamber of the cylinder, the adjustment device having a releasable locking device between the housing and the cylinder;
- and
- a locking pin having a locking section, the housing defining a receptacle for the locking pin, the cylinder defining a receptacle shaped to receive the locking section of the locking pin.
A hydraulic converter for a hydraulic system, comprising:
- at least one hydraulic master device comprising a cylinder defining a pressure chamber and having:
- an axis;
- and
- a piston disposed in the cylinder displaceably along the axis of the cylinder;
- a mechanical slave device configured to actuate the hydraulic master device;
- and
- an adjustment device:
- configured to adjust a volume of the pressure chamber of the cylinder;
- and
- configured and disposed to adjustably alter a distance between the at least one hydraulic master device and the mechanical slave device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.