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US 2014/0157979 A1Published application
Pneumatic pressure brake booster system and method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark Warren Muddiman, Dale Scott Crombez
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Abstract
A pneumatic pressure brake booster system includes an air pressure chamber; an ambient air chamber; a flexible diaphragm separating the air pressure chamber and the ambient air chamber; at least one air pressure source communicating with the air pressure chamber; a brake pedal shaft engaged by and movable with the diaphragm; and a brake master cylinder engaged by the brake pedal shaft.
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A pneumatic pressure brake booster system, comprising:
- an air pressure chamber;
- an ambient air chamber;
- a flexible diaphragm separating the air pressure chamber and the ambient air chamber;
- at least one air pressure source communicating with the air pressure chamber;
- a brake pedal shaft engaged by and movable with the diaphragm;
- and
- a brake master cylinder engaged by the brake pedal shaft.
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A pneumatic pressure brake booster system, comprising:
- a booster shell having a brake pedal side and a brake master cylinder side;
- an air pressure chamber in the booster shell on the brake pedal side;
- an ambient air chamber in the booster shell on the brake master cylinder side;
- a flexible diaphragm separating the air pressure chamber and the ambient air chamber;
- at least one air pressure source communicating with the air pressure chamber;
- a brake pedal shaft engaged by and movable with the diaphragm;
- and
- a brake master cylinder engaged by the brake pedal shaft.
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A pneumatic pressure brake booster method, comprising:
- applying air pressure against a diaphragm;
- depressing a brake pedal on a brake pedal shaft;
- deforming the diaphragm;
- and
- augmenting actuation of a brake master cylinder by applying force of the diaphragm as it deforms to the brake pedal shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.