Motor vehicle braking device

• US 6,672,437 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2002
• Issued: 01/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sa Beringer
• Original Assignee: Sa Beringer
• Inventors: Beringer, Gilbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Lavinder, Jack
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US10/327,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20030141158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 188/344, 188/349, 303/9.62, 303/9.64, 303/9.67, 303/9.68, 303/9.69, 303/22.1, 303/186, 303/DIG.6
• US Class Current: 188/349
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1831 pressure reducing or limiting valves
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/261 specially adapted for use in motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/3225 Systems specially adapted for single-track vehicles, e.g. motorcycles B60T8/3235 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62L 3/023 acting on fluid pressure systems

Abstract

A motor vehicle braking device includes a piston connected to the hydraulic braking circuit and connected to at least one damping element of the rear wheel or wheels, to measure the load exerted on the rear wheel or wheels. The device also includes a valve able to decrease the pressure at the calipers of the front wheel or wheels and able to supply the necessary load to the rear wheel or wheels of the vehicle to prevent any unwanted lifting of said rear wheel or wheels in the event of heavy breaking.

Claims

1. A vehicle braking device comprising a master cylinder connected hydraulically to one or more calipers mounted at one or more members that brake one or more wheels of a vehicle, said one or more calipers accommodating one or more pistons to act, under a pressure force, on part of said members, said device further comprising:

a piston which is connected to an hydraulic braking circuit and connected to at least one damping element of a rear wheel or wheels;

said piston being able to measure load exerted on the rear wheel or wheels in conjunction with a valve able to decrease pressure at the calipers of a front wheel or wheels and able to supply a necessary load to the rear wheel or wheels of the vehicle to prevent any unwanted lifting of said rear wheel or wheels in the event of heavy braking;

the piston is mounted coaxially with respect to the at least one damping element and is able to be displaced linearly, in a limited manner, with the ability for sealed guidance in a recess of a support block secured to a fixed part of the vehicle, said recess being in communication with the hydraulic braking circuit at the master cylinder and the calipers of the front wheel or wheels; and

the valve is mounted coaxially at an end of the piston in conjunction with means to be controlled under the effect of displacement of said piston for regulating hydraulic pressure particularly at the calipers of the front wheel or wheels.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve comprises a body secured to a bore formed at the end of the piston, said body having an internal recess acting as a seat for a ball subject to an elastic member, said recess being in communication with the hydraulic circuit of the master cylinder, the ball being able to collaborate with a fixed element under the effect of the displacement of the piston to move the ball away from the seat.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 wherein, under the effect of a load considered as normal, exerted on the rear wheel or wheels, the piston is in abutment against a fixed part of the support block, the ball being away from the seat to allow fluid from the master cylinder to pass toward the calipers of the front wheel or wheels;

conversely, when said load is not considered to be sufficient, there is a relative displacement of the piston and of the block as far as another extreme position of abutment corresponding to the ball being positioned in a bottom of the seat to reduce the pressure sent to said calipers.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fixed element collaborating with the ball comprises a screw secured to the support block and opening into recesses of said block and of the body of the valve.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support block is coupled to the damping element in conjunction with means for adjusting the load exerted on the rear wheel or wheels.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston is mounted inside the support block with a capacity for linear displacement against a hydraulic damping means.