Vehicle brake hose system with whip dampener
AssigneeEarl's Supply Co.
InventorRobert E. Fouts
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Abstract
A hose system for brakes of vehicles adapted to replace the flexible hose of a vehicle that extends from the pre-existing brake caliper of a vehicle through a bracket and to the pre-existing brake master cylinder of the vehicle. The system includes a flexible hose of stainless steel braid protected extruded Teflon material having a whip dampening member mounted on the hose receivable in the pre-existing bracket of the vehicle.
Claims7
A hose system for the brakes of a vehicle adapted to extend between a brake caliper and a brake master cylinder of the vehicle though a bracket on the vehicle comprising:
- a hose;
- and
- whip dampening means associated with the bracket of the vehicle, said whip dampening means including a bearing assembly disposed within an opening in said bracket, said bearing assembly having a bearing rotatably mounted within said bearing assembly, said bearing having a hole therein, said hose passing through the hole in said bearing, said bearing assembly being slidably mounted on said hose.
A hose system for the brakes of a vehicle adapted to extend between a brake caliper and a brake master cylinder of the vehicle through a bracket on the vehicle comprising:
- a hose;
- and
- whip dampening means associated with the bracket of the vehicle, said whip dampening means including a resilient member mounted in an opening in said bracket, said resilient member having a hole, said hose passing through the hole of said resilient member, said hose, being slidably mounted along the longitudinal axis within said resilient member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.