US 6,607,252 B2 · Anti-vibration brake system

Abstract

A brake system for a vehicle having wheels. The brake system includes a brake housing and a flow chamber housing. The brake housing includes a friction element being adapted to move to engage a portion of the wheels for inhibiting rotation of the wheels. The flow chamber housing includes a substantially circular flow chamber and a brake fluid line. The substantially circular chamber housing includes an enlarged flow chamber has a circumferential wall and a peripheral wall and a pair of opposite walls. The enlarged flow chamber is fluidly interconnected to the brake housing for supplying fluid to the brake housing for moving the friction element. The brake fluid line is connected substantially tangentially to the circumferential wall of the flow chamber housing includes a first fluid line connected to the peripheral wall of the enlarged flow chamber and a master cylinder fluid line connected to one of the pair of substantially circular flow chamber whereby oppositely facing walls of the enlarged flow chamber. A pressure wave in the fluid entering the substantially circular enlarged flow chamber from the first fluid line will be forced to move in a substantially circular path reflect off of the peripheral wall at a plurality of points to thereby dissipate the pressure wave.

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Dependent claims

A brake system for a vehicle having wheels, the brake system comprising:

a brake housing including a friction element being adapted to move to engage a portion of the wheels to inhibit rotation of the wheels;
and
a flow chamber housing including a substantially circular enlarged flow chamber, the substantially circular enlarged flow chamber having a circumferential peripheral wall and a pair of oppositely facing walls, the enlarged flow chamber being fluidly interconnected to the brake housing for supplying fluid to the brake housing for moving the friction element, the flow chamber housing further including a first fluid line connected to the peripheral wall of the enlarged flow chamber and a second fluid line connected to one of the pair of oppositely facing walls of the enlarged flow chamber;
wherein the brake fluid line is connected substantially tangentially to the circumferential wall of the substantially circular flow chamber whereby a pressure wave in the fluid entering the substantially circularenlarged flow chamber from the first fluid line will be forced to move in a substantially circular path reflect off of the peripheral wall at a plurality of points to thereby dissipate the pressure wave.

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A vehicle comprising:

a wheel;
a brake housing located adjacent the wheel, the brake housing including a friction element being adapted to move to engage a portion the wheel to inhibit rotation of the wheel;
a master cylinder adapted to provide a force to a brake fluid in the brake housing to move the friction element;
and
a flow chamber housing located in a fluid path between the brake housing and the master cylinder;
the flow chamber housing including a substantially disc-shaped flow chamber having a circumferential wall, a first fluid line fluidly connected to the brake housing and the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber, and a second fluid line fluidly connected to the master cylinder and the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber;
wherein the first fluid line is connected substantially tangentially to the circumferential wall of the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber whereby a pressure wave in the fluid entering the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber from the first fluid line will be forced to move in a substantially circular path to thereby dissipate the pressure wave.

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A fluid system adapted to be connected to a braking system of a vehicle for dissipating a pressure wave in a fluid coming from the braking system, the fluid system comprising:

a substantially disc-shaped flow chamber having a circumferential wall, the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber being adapted to contain the fluid;
a first fluid line connected to the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber, the first fluid line adapted to allow the pressure wave in the fluid to enter into the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber;
and
a second fluid line connected to the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber, the second fluid line being adapted to be fluidly connected to a master cylinder of the braking system;
wherein the first fluid line is connected substantially tangentially to the circumferential wall of the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber whereby the pressure wave entering the substantially disc-shaped flow chamber from the first fluid line will be forced to move in a substantially circular path to thereby dissipate the pressure wave.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Anti-vibration brake system

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Anti-vibration brake system

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