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Brake booster unit mounted on a fixed wall of a vehicle and process for assembling such a unit
Assignee: Bendix France SA
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Filing: 1987-09-03
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Granted: 1988-11-15
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Expires: 2007-09-03
Abstract
Abstract The assembly nut (6) is prescrewed onto the bolt (5) so as to be up against a tubular spacer (15); the bolt, together with its nut and its spacer, is introduced through a first end zone of enlarged cross-section of an elongate orifice made in the fixed wall (4), after which the booster is moved relative to the wall in order to bring the spacer (15) into a second end zone of the orifice in the wall, of a cross-section corresponding to that of the spacer, and then a plate (18) likewise having an elongate orifice with two end zones of different cross-sections is interposed between the wall (4) and the nut (6), the plate being moved in order to place the spacer (15) in the end zone of corresponding cross-section (22) of the orifice in the plate, this movement producing, between the wall (8) and the nut (6), a wedge effect attributable to an edge of variable thickness (24) of the orifice in the plate (18).
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Pierre Gautier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:21
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B21/00; F16B21/09; B; B60; B60T; B60T13/00; B60T13/10; B60T13/24; B60T13/46; B60T13/52; B60T13/567; B60T13/5675; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
354 words
A brake booster unit mounted on one face of a fixed wall of a vehicle and possessing at least one assembly bolt having one end fixed to the booster and a threaded part passing through a first orifice in the wall, and a nut screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt projecting relative to the other face of the fixed wall, characterized in that the first orifice in the wall has an elongate shape with a first end zone of enlarged cross-section which allows the passage of the nut which is screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt so as to be axially against a tubular spacer mounted on the bolt, the first end zone being connected to a second end zone of a cross-section corresponding to that of the spacer, and an element forming a wedge being interposed manually between the other face of the wall and the nut, the element forming the wedge comprising a plate possessing a cut-out having an edge interacting with the spacer so as to guide the latter and having a variable thickness, the cut-out in the plate made in the form of a first orifice having an elongate shape with a first end zone of enlarged cross-section which allows the passage of the nut screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt, the first end zone of the first orifice in the plate being connected to a second end zone of a cross-section corresponding to that of the spacer, the edge of the first orifice in the plate having a thickness increasing from the first end zone of the first orifice in the plate toward the second end zone thereof, the unit including means for immobilizing the plate in a final assembly configuration, the immobilizing means comprising a second elongate orifice in the plate and through which passes a second assembly bolt of the booster which extends also through a second elongate orifice in the wall, the second elongate orifice in the plate having an edge of a thickness varying in a direction opposite that of the edge of the first orifice in the plate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
354 words
A brake booster unit mounted on one face of a fixed wall of a vehicle and possessing at least one assembly bolt having one end fixed to the booster and a threaded part passing through a first orifice in the wall, and a nut screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt projecting relative to the other face of the fixed wall, characterized in that the first orifice in the wall has an elongate shape with a first end zone of enlarged cross-section which allows the passage of the nut which is screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt so as to be axially against a tubular spacer mounted on the bolt, the first end zone being connected to a second end zone of a cross-section corresponding to that of the spacer, and an element forming a wedge being interposed manually between the other face of the wall and the nut, the element forming the wedge comprising a plate possessing a cut-out having an edge interacting with the spacer so as to guide the latter and having a variable thickness, the cut-out in the plate made in the form of a first orifice having an elongate shape with a first end zone of enlarged cross-section which allows the passage of the nut screwed onto the threaded part of the bolt, the first end zone of the first orifice in the plate being connected to a second end zone of a cross-section corresponding to that of the spacer, the edge of the first orifice in the plate having a thickness increasing from the first end zone of the first orifice in the plate toward the second end zone thereof, the unit including means for immobilizing the plate in a final assembly configuration, the immobilizing means comprising a second elongate orifice in the plate and through which passes a second assembly bolt of the booster which extends also through a second elongate orifice in the wall, the second elongate orifice in the plate having an edge of a thickness varying in a direction opposite that of the edge of the first orifice in the plate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the second elongate orifices in the plate and in the fixed wall each have a cross-section corresponding to that of a threaded part of the second assembly bolt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The unit according to claim 2, characterized in that the first orifices and the second elongate orifices in the plate and in the fixed wall each have a general shape in the form of an arc of a circle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
175 words
A process for assembling a unit according to claim 3, characterized in that the process comprises the following steps: slipping previously the tubular spacer over the threaded part of the one assembly bolt; screwing the nut onto said threaded part of the one assembly bolt so that the nut is axially against the spacer; passing the threaded part of the one assembly bolt carrying the nut and spacer through the first end zone of the first orifice in the fixed wall; moving the booster relative to the fixed wall in order to bring the spacer into the second end zone of the first orifice in the fixed wall; placing the plate against the other face of the fixed wall by passing the nut screwed onto the threaded part of the one assembly bolt through the first end zone of the first orifice in the plate; and moving the plate to produce a wedging effect between the other face of the fixed wall and the nut via the edge of the first orifice in the plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
The process for assembling a unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the process includes the subsequent step of screwing onto the second assembly bolt which passes through the second elongate orifices in the plate and in the fixed wall a nut bearing against a thinner part of the edge of the second elongate orifice in the plate.
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