US Patent 7409889 Booster control rod coupling arrangement

Patent 7409889 was granted and assigned to Bosch (company) on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Bosch

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74098890

Date of Patent

August 12, 2008

Patent Application Number

106513370

Date Filed

August 27, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Chong H. Kim

Patent abstract

An arrangement (10) for disconnectably coupling an axially orientated motor vehicle brake booster control rod (12) to a brake pedal (14). A first end (16) of the control rod (12) is coupled to an intermediate part (20) of a vertical actuating bar (22) of the brake pedal (14). The first end (16) has a head (32) with at least one spherical bearing surface (34) that is housed in a complementary boss (36) formed in a wall of the intermediate part (20). The head (32) is kept in contact with the boss (36) via elastically deformable axial retention means (38) interposed between the intermediate part (20) of the actuating bar and the control rod (12). The deformation is controlled by an unlocking arrangement (52) that accessible from outside of the intermediate part (20) of the actuating bar (22).