Pneumatic servo for boosted braking with silent operation
AssigneeAlliedSignal Europe Services Techniques
InventorsUlysse Verbo, Jean Claude Monteillet
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AssigneeAlliedSignal Europe Services Techniques
InventorsUlysse Verbo, Jean Claude Monteillet
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A pneumatic servo for assisting with braking. The servo has a casing with an axis of symmetry and is divided in a leaktight fashion by a movable wall structure into a front chamber which is permanently connected to a source of partial vacuum and a rear chamber connected selectively to the front chamber or to the surrounding environment by a three-way valve. The three-way valve is actuated by a plunger which slides in a bore in the movable wall in response to an axial control rod. The control rod is subjected to the action of a return spring located in an annular space between the control rod and a tubular part on the rear of the wall structure which extends or projects through the casing. The three-way valve being located in this tubular part and includes a shutter element which interacts via a first annular surface with a first valve seat formed on the plunger and via a second annular surface with a second valve seat formed on the movable wall. The first and second annular surfaces are located in different transverse planes and are joined together by a frustoconical surface. The frustoconical surface guiding the flow of air from the environment past the first valve seat such that a silent operation of the servo occurs when an actuation occurs through an input force being applied to the axial control rod.
A pneumatic servo for assisting with braking, including a casing having an axis of symmetry, divided in leaktight fashion by a movable wall structure into a from chamber permanently connected to a source of partial vacuum, and a rear chamber connected selectively to the front chamber or to an outside atmosphere by a three-way valve actuated by a plunger sliding in a bore of the movable wall structure, said three three-way valve being connected to an axial control rod subjected to the action of a return spring located in an annular space between the control rod and a rear tubular part extending from the movable wall structure and projecting out of the casing, said three-way valve being located in this rear tubular part and including a shutter element interacting via a first annular surface with a first valve seat formed on the plunger and via a second annular surface with a second valve seat formed on the movable wall, said first and second annular surfaces being in different transverse planes, characterized in that said first and second annular surfaces are joined together by a surface having an overall frustoconical shape for guiding a downstream flow of air from said outside atmosphere as it moves past said first valve seat when said first valve seat moves away form said first annular surface and that said second annular surface and said frustoconical surface are formed on an annular element secured to an annular element on which said first annular surface is formed.
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