# US 5,347,813 A · Cap for master cylinder reservoir

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- Number: US 5,347,813 A
- Document ID: US5347813A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/080,089
- Filed: 1993-06-21
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1992-07-13
- Assignees: Jidoshi Kiki Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kunio Yanagi; Toshiaki Satoh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347813A

## CPC

- B60T 11/26: Reservoirs (integral with master controls B60T11/22)
- Y10T 137/778: Axes of ports co-axial
- B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A cap which is so constructed that parts manufacture and product assembly are facilitated. The construction is such that a cap for a master cylinder reservoir connects a cover cap and a body cap with each other and a diaphragm is disposed in a space formed therebetween to provide a valve function. The cover cap has a concentric cylindrical portion and an annular protrusion, while the body cap has a funnel portion at its center and an annular disc portion at the periphery of the funnel portion. The diaphragm is fitted between the inner periphery of annular protrusion of the cover cap and the outer periphery of the funnel portion of the body cap. The diaphragm forms a suction valve and an exhaust valve together with the cylindrical portion and the annular disc portion, respectively.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cap for a master cylinder reservoir in which a cover cap and a body cap are connected to each other, a passage communicating with an inside and an outside of the reservoir is formed in a space formed between the cover cap and the body cap, and a diaphragm is disposed in said space to provide a valve function, wherein
said cover cap has a cylindrical portion extending downward at a center portion on a lower surface and an annular protrusion which is formed downward on an outer side of said cylindrical portion, a groove traversing said annular protrusion being formed,
said body cap has a funnel portion with a small-diameter side opening to a fluid storing chamber vertically at a center portion and a notch passage on an upper portion of a large-diameter side, a groove being formed in an outer surface and a flat surface on said large-diameter side,
said diaphragm has an annular fixed portion at a center portion in a radial direction, an annular lip portion yieldingly urged against an outer surface of said cylindrical portion of said cover cap inside of said annular fixed portion, and an annular valve portion yieldingly urged against said flat surface of said body cap outside of said annular fixed portion,
said annular fixed portion of said diaphragm is fitted between an inner periphery of said annular protrusion of said cover cap and an outer periphery of said funnel portion of said body cap,
said annular lip portion forms a suction valve together with said outer surface of said cylindrical portion of said cover cap, and
said annular valve portion forms an exhaust valve together with a lower surface of said body cap.

### Claim 2

A cap for a master cylinder reservoir in which a cover cap and a body cap are connected to each other, a passage communicating with an inside and an outside of the reservoir is formed in a space formed between the cover cap and the body cap, and a diaphragm is disposed in said space to provide a valve function, wherein
said cover cap has a groove on a lower surface,
said body cap has a funnel portion with a small-diameter side opening to a fluid storing chamber vertically at a center portion and a notch passage on an upper portion of a large-diameter side, a groove being formed in an outer surface and a flat surface on said large-diameter side,
said diaphragm has a cylindrical fixed portion at a center portion in a radial direction, an inner annular valve portion yieldingly urged against said lower surface of said cover cap on an upper inner side of said cylindrical fixed portion, and an outer annular valve portion yieldingly urged against an upper surface of said body cap on a lower outer side of said cylindrical fixed portion, and
said cylindrical fixed portion of said diaphragm is fitted to an outer periphery of said large-diameter side of said funnel portion of said body cap, and mounted between said lower surface of said cover cap and an upper surface of said body cap, said inner annular valve portion of said diaphragm forming a suction valve together with said cover cap, and said outer annular valve portion forming an exhaust valve together with said upper surface of said body cap.