Hydraulic section having a ventilating device
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsThomas Rammhofer, Jan Grabenstatter
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Abstract
A hydraulic section (1) for actuating a vehicle clutch having a master cylinder (3), a slave cylinder (2) and a hydraulic line (4) which connects both cylinders and is divided into two line sections by a ventilating device (5). The line sections of the hydraulic line which act as a siphon (4a) and a riser (4b) are guided together to said ventilating device (5), such that they are spaced apart from one another, in a chamber which is formed from at least one of these ends.
Claims8
A hydraulic section for actuating a vehicle clutch, comprising a master cylinder, a slave cylinder, a hydraulic line which connects the master cylinder and the slave cylinder that is divided by a ventilating device into two line sections, the ventilating device including a housing defining a chamber, said line sections of the hydraulic line which act as a siphon and a riser are guided together to the chamber of the ventilating device and include ends having openings that are spaced apart from one another and an axis of each of the openings are parallel to each other and offset from each other, an uninterrupted flowpath is defined between the ends in the chamber, the openings are located at opposite axial ends of the chamber, the chamber includes an upper region defined by a radially extending wall and a circumferentially extending wall, and the upper region is positioned above both of the openings.
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