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US 5,233,904 AGranted
Pneumatic brake booster with adjustable jump
AssigneeBendix Europe Services Techniques
InventorsJean-Pierre Gautier, Ulysse Verbo
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AssigneeBendix Europe Services Techniques
InventorsJean-Pierre Gautier, Ulysse Verbo
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The invention relates to a pneumatic brake booster comprising a casing (10), within which is located a piston (22, 14, 102) formed from a rear tubular part (22) supporting a skirt and which, by way of an unrolling diaphragm (12), defining a front chamber (16) connected permanently to a vacuum source and a rear chamber (18) connected selectively to the front chamber (16) or to the atmosphere by a valve mechanism (136, 138, 140) actuated by a control rod (34) capable of bearing, by way of the front face (32b) of a plunger (32), on the rear face (58a) of a reaction disk (58) fixed to a push rod (56), a spring (150) for the return of the control rod (34) being arranged between the skirt (14) of the piston and the plunger (32), the valve mechanism (136, 138, 140) comprising a shutter (138) made rigid by an insert (118) and interacting by an active part with a first valve seat (136) formed on the plunger (32) and with a second valve seat (140) formed on the piston (14), the shutter (138) being formed by a flexible tubular diaphragm (114), the active part of the shutter (138) being located between the two ends (112, 116) of the flexible tubular diaphragm (114). According to the invention, the plunger (32) comprises a front part (126), an active part (128) displaceable in translational motion relative to the front (126) and a rear part (124) screwed to the front part (126).
A pneumatic brake-booster, comprising a casing within which is located a piston comprising a rear tubular part supporting a skirt and which, by means of an unrolling diaphragm, defines a front chamber connected permanently to a vacuum source and a rear chamber connected selectively to one of the front chamber and atmosphere by valve means actuated by a control rod capable of bearing, by means of a front face of a plunger, on a rear face of a reaction disk adjacent a push rod, a spring for the return of the control rod arranged between the skirt of the piston and the plunger, the valve means comprising a shutter made rigid by an insert and interacting by an active part with a first valve seat formed on the plunger and with a second valve seat formed on the piston, and the shutter comprising a flexible tubular diaphragm with the active part of the shutter located between two ends of the flexible tubular diaphragm, characterized in that the plunger comprises a front part, an active part displaceable in translational motion relative to the front part and a rear part screwed to the front part, the active part of the plunger sliding sealingly on the front part and engaging the rear part, and a spring arranged between the front part and the active part of the plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.