Brake booster
AssigneeBendix Europe Services Techniques
InventorsPhilippe Castel, Pascal Le Normand
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Abstract
A pneumatic brake booster (10) capable of operating without being actuated by a pedal (14), possesses at least one fixed part (36) and a control rod (12) with which the pedal cooperates (14). A sleeve (30) bears against the pedal (14) and partially surrounds the control rod (12), the control rod (12) possesses a shoulder (32) forming a stop cooperating with the sleeve (30) at rest and when the brake booster is actuated by the pedal (14), and the sleeve (30) is loaded by a spring (34) maintaining the pedal (14) at a given distance from the fixed part (36) of the brake booster (10) while the pedal (14) is not actuated.
Claims8
A pneumatic brake booster capable of operating without being actuated by a pedal, said brake booster possessing at least one fixed part and a control rod with which said pedal cooperates, a sleeve bearing against said pedal and partially surrounding said control rod, said control rod having a shoulder forming a stop cooperating with said sleeve at rest and when the brake booster is actuated by said pedal, and said sleeve being loaded by a spring maintaining said pedal at a given distance from said fixed part of the brake booster when said pedal is not actuated.
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