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Dust-boot for a vacuum booster
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1978-07-07
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Granted: 1981-06-23
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Expires: 1998-07-07
Abstract
Abstract A dust-boot for a vacuum booster, which is partly protruded into the driver's room, characterized in being provided with a noise preventing wall firmly formed in such a mode, that it covers the air-sucking hole(s) to prevent the air-sucking noise from directly reaching the driver's ears, through the formation of an air flowing passage between the wall and the outer surface of the dust-boot main body, which air flowing passage is different in the direction of the air flow from that at the air-sucking hole(s) and bent or wound at least once on the way.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Shirai
- 👤 Sigeo Nagasawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 08:39
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60T; B60T13/00; B60T13/10; B60T13/24; B60T13/46; B60T13/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A dust-boot for capping to protect a sliding portion of a power piston for a vacuum booster means which sliding portion protrudes from a dash-panel into a driver's compartment of a vehicle having a forward compartment, the dash-panel separating the driver's compartment from the forward compartment and the piston delivering a pedal-depressing force after having boosted the same to a master cylinder, the dust boot comprising a main body having a major surface provided with at least one air sucking aperture therein in fluid communication with said driver's compartment, said at least one aperture having a given axis along a given air flow path; a firmly formed noise-preventing wall spaced from said main body of the dust-boot and in said driver's compartment said noise-reducing wall being spaced from said major surface, extending over said at least one air-sucking aperture in spaced relation therewith and thus defining with said major surface an air flow passage from the driver's compartment which is dissimilar in direction of air flow from that of said given air flow path of said at least one air-sucking aperture in the outgoing direction of air flow from said driver's compartment, whereby air-sucking sounds reaching the driver by a linear path are at least reduced.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A dust-boot for capping to protect a sliding portion of a power piston for a vacuum booster means which sliding portion protrudes from a dash-panel into a driver's compartment of a vehicle having a forward compartment, the dash-panel separating the driver's compartment from the forward compartment and the piston delivering a pedal-depressing force after having boosted the same to a master cylinder, the dust boot comprising a main body having a major surface provided with at least one air sucking aperture therein in fluid communication with said driver's compartment, said at least one aperture having a given axis along a given air flow path; a firmly formed noise-preventing wall spaced from said main body of the dust-boot and in said driver's compartment said noise-reducing wall being spaced from said major surface, extending over said at least one air-sucking aperture in spaced relation therewith and thus defining with said major surface an air flow passage from the driver's compartment which is dissimilar in direction of air flow from that of said given air flow path of said at least one air-sucking aperture in the outgoing direction of air flow from said driver's compartment, whereby air-sucking sounds reaching the driver by a linear path are at least reduced.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 1, wherein said noise-reducing wall is integrally made with the main body of said dust-boot.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 1, including inside the sliding portion of said power piston, at least one layer of silencer made of fiber, and at least one layer of air cleaner stacked one upon another, said at least one layer of silencer being disposed in contact with the inside edge of the at least one air-sucking aperture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 1, wherein confronting surfaces of the main body of the dust-boot and said noise reducing wall are all made coarse to a great extent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 1, wherein said sliding portion comprises a piston rod having an axis, said axis of said piston rod defining an axis of symmetry of said main body of said dust boot and wherein said noise reducing wall is a circular plate member having an axis of symmetry identical to said axis of symmetry of said main body of the dust-boot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 5, or claim 4, wherein said noise reducing wall is integrally made with the main body of said dust-boot.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
60 words
A dust boot in accordance with claim 5, including, inside the sliding portion of said power piston, at least one layer of silencer made of fiber and at least one layer of air cleaner stacked one upon another, said at least one layer of silencer being disposed in contact with the inside edge of said at least one air-sucking aperture.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 5, wherein confronting surfaces of said main body of the dust-boot and said noise reducing wall are all made coarse to a great extent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 1, wherein said noise reducing wall is composed of a circular plate member having an axis of symmetry identical to that of said main body of the dust boot, a wall member of truncated concial shape extending slantwise along a slant surface of said main body of the dust boot in a separating direction from a brake pedal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 9, wherein said noise reducing wall is integrally made with the main body of said dust-boot.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
A dust boot in accordance with claim 9, including, inside the sliding portion of said power piston, at least one layer at least one layer of air cleaner stacked one upon another, said at least one layer of silencer being disposed in contact with the inside edge of said at least one air-sucking aperture.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 11, wherein confronting surfaces of said main body of the dust-boot and said noise reducing wall are all made coarse to a great extent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
108 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 9, wherein said sliding portion comprises a piston rod having an axis, said axis of said piston rod defining an axis of symmetry of said main body of the dust-boot, and wherein said noise reducing wall is composed of a circular plate member having an axis of symmetry identical to said axis of symmetry of said main body of the dust-boot, a wall member of truncated conical shape extending slantwise along a slant surface of said main body of the dust-boot in a separating direction from a brake pedal, and a cylindrical wall extending concentrically with said main body of the dust-boot.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 13, wherein said noise preventing wall is integrally made with the main body of the dust-boot.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 13 including, inside the sliding portion of said power piston, at least one layer of silencer made of fiber and at least one layer of air cleaner stacked one upon another, said at least one layer of silencer being disposed in contact with the inside edge of said at least one air-sucking aperture.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 13, wherein confronting surfaces of said main body of the dust-boot and said noise reducing wall are all made coarse to a great extent.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
A dust-boot in accordance with claim 13, including a silencer made of a layer of fiber between the inside of said cylindrical form wall portion and the outer surface of said main body of the dust-boot.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-06-22 | 1984-12-22 | 1985-06-23 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-06-22 | 1988-12-22 | 1989-06-23 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-06-22 | 1992-12-22 | 1993-06-23 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |