Device for hydraulic control of a clutch and associated vehicle
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorsBenoit JANIER, Vincent BLONDEAU
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Abstract
A device for hydraulic control of a clutch for a motor vehicle, including a master cylinder controlled by a clutch pedal, a mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid, a receiving cylinder for actuation of the clutch, the master cylinder linked to the receiver cylinder by a hydraulic pipe, the cylinder for actuation of the clutch being positioned in a rear of the vehicle and the pedal and the master cylinder being placed at a front of the vehicle, the hydraulic pipe linking the front and rear of the vehicle including a plurality of pipe offset devices along its length to encourage return of air bubbles to the mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A device for hydraulic control of a clutch for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a master cylinder controlled by a clutch pedal;
- means for supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid;
- a slave cylinder for actuation of the clutch, the master cylinder being linked to the actuating slave cylinder by a hydraulic pipe,
- wherein the slave cylinder for actuation of the clutch is positioned in a rear of the vehicle and the pedal and the master cylinder are placed at a front of the vehicle and the hydraulic pipe linking the rear to the front of the vehicle comprises a plurality of pipe offset devices along its length,
- the pipe offset device configured to trap air bubbles present in the hydraulic pipe and the plurality of pipe offset devices configured to promote rising of air bubbles as far as the means for supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.