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Granted Patent B2
US 10,773,697 · App. 16/342,377 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Pedal travel simulator and hydraulic block including a pedal travel simulator

Inventors: Andreas Weh (Sulzberg, DE); Harald Guggenmos (Immenstadt/Seifen, DE); Martin Hoss (Sonthefen, DE); Matthias Mayr (Rettenberg, DE); Simon Hansmann (Plymouth, MI); Raynald Sprocq (Esbly, FR)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B60T8/409F15B15/24
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Patent No.
US 10,773,697
App. No.
16/342,377
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pedal travel simulator for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system. For the purpose of adapting to different main brake cylinders and of changing a spring characteristic curve, a stop is provided to be pressed into a piston of the pedal travel simulator. A pressing-in depth of the stop delimits a piston stroke.

Claims (20)

1. A pedal travel simulator for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system, comprising:

a piston displaceable in a cylinder by brake fluid;

a piston spring which acts upon the piston against a displacement of the piston by the brake fluid; and

an adjustable stroke limiter for the piston;

wherein the stroke limiter is a stop accommodated in the piston, the stop being adjustable in its displacement direction, the piston spring configured to press the stop against, and in direct contact with, a base of the cylinder in an unpressurized state of the pedal travel simulator.

2. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 1 , wherein the stop is pressed into a receptacle in the piston, the stroke limiter of the piston of the pedal travel simulator being adjusted by a pressing-in depth of the stop into the receptacle in the piston, the pressing-in depth determining a distance of the piston from the base of the cylinder when the stop is pressed against the base of the cylinder.

3. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 1 , wherein the piston includes an adjustable spacer for the piston spring with which the piston spring engages.

4. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 3 , wherein the spacer for the piston spring does not have an effect on a stroke of the piston.

5. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 3 , wherein the spacer includes a screw connection with the piston with which it is adjustable with regard to the piston in a displacement direction of the piston.

6. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 5 , wherein the adjustable spacer includes a self-cutting thread.

7. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 1 , wherein the stroke limiter is a cylinder pin.

8. The pedal travel simulator as recited in claim 1 , wherein the piston includes a blind hole, the piston accommodating the stop in the blind hole.

9. A hydraulic block for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system including a pedal travel simulator, the pedal travel simulator including a piston displaceable in a cylinder by brake fluid, a piston spring which acts upon the piston against a displacement of the cylinder by the brake fluid, and an adjustable stroke limiter for the piston, wherein the cylinder of the pedal travel simulator is a hole in the hydraulic block;

wherein the stroke limiter is a stop accommodated in the piston, the stop being adjustable in its displacement direction, the piston spring configured to press the stop against, and in direct contact with, a base of the cylinder in an unpressurized state of the pedal travel simulator.

10. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the hydraulic block includes a main brake cylinder bore.

11. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the hydraulic block includes a power cylinder bore.

12. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the piston includes a thread hole, the piston accommodating the stop in the thread hole.

13. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the stroke limiter is a cylinder pin.

14. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the piston includes a blind hole, the piston accommodating the stop in the blind hole.

15. The hydraulic block as recited in claim 9 , wherein the piston includes a thread hole, the piston accommodating the stop in the thread hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: WEH, ANDREAS; GUGGENMOS, HARALD; HOSS, MARTIN; MAYR, MATTHIAS; HANSMANN, SIMON; SPROCQ, RAYNALD
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 050650/0968 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 222 562 · Nov 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190232934A1 · Aug 1, 2019
Cited By (1)
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