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AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPhilippe Georges Castel, Michael William Fanelli
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An apparatus and method for attaching a tube member to a housing of a vacuum brake booster is provided. A tube member includes a body portion, an outer surface, a first end, and a second end. A first collar portion is disposed between the first end and the body portion, and extends outward from the outer surface. A lip portion is disposed at the first end and extends outward from the outer surface. The first collar portion and the lip portion define a recess to receive a first housing member. The tube member may further include a second collar portion spaced apart from the first collar portion and extending outward from the outer surface. The second collar portion may preferably define a contact surface for contacting an inner surface of a second housing member.
A connector apparatus attached to a housing of a vacuum brake booster comprising a tube member including a body portion, an outer surface, a first end, and a second end, a first collar portion between the first end and the body portion, the first collar portion extending outward from the outer surface, a lip portion at the first end and extending outward from the outer surface, the first collar portion and the lip portion defining a recess receiving a first housing member of the housing,
A method of attaching a tube member to a housing of a vacuum brake booster comprising the steps of:
A connector apparatus for attaching to a housing of a vacuum brake booster comprising a tube member including a body portion, an outer surface, a first end, and a first portion for creating a collar portion extending outward from the outer surface, the first portion between the first end and the body portion, the first portion including an end portion for creating a lip portion extending outward from the outer surface,
A vacuum brake booster comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.