Valeo Corporation

Pasquale Angione

Christophe Mollier

Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Rey

A device having a rigid rod mobile in a translational and/or rotational movement, whereof one end penetrates inside a recess of a piston and is fixed by a swivel to the recess of the piston directly or via an insert. The insert is mounted inside the recess of the piston, with a mechanism for axially locking the rod or the insert relative to the piston. The locking mechanism includes a stop borne by the piston to provide axial locking along a direction corresponding to the mounting direction of the rod in the piston, and a washer borne by the insert or the rod. The washer has peripheral fins elastically deformable in the radial direction and is pressed against the inner wall of the recess of the piston by being deformed to lock the insert or the rod in the opposite direction.

Device for coupling a lever to a shift cylinder piston

The invention relates to a piston for a hydraulic control device for a clutch, especially the clutch of an automobile, having a tubular metal sleeve with an internal transversal wall which is integral with the tubular body of the sleeve. A hydraulic chamber is defined towards the front of the sleeve where the piston is mounted so as to slide axially.

Piston and hydraulic control device for the clutch of an automobile provided with one such piston

A hydraulic control device for a motor vehicle clutch, comprising at least a control cylinder ( ) wherein the cylinder ( ) comprises a substantially tubular cylinder body ( ) wherein a piston ( ) slides axially defining a cylindrical hydraulic chamber ( ), wherein the cylinder body ( ) comprises a main body ( ) and a rear tube ( ) guiding the piston ( ). The rear tube ( ) and the main body ( ) co-operate through matching cylindrical surfaces to enable the rear tube ( ) and the main body ( ) to be assembled by axial nesting and laser welding.

Hydraulic control device for motor vehicle clutch

The invention relates to a device ( ) comprising a cylinder body ( ) in an inner bore hole ( ) in which a piston ( ) is mounted in such a way that it can slide axially, whereby the cylinder body ( ) comprises at least one part in the front of the blind hole ( ) and one center part bearing a sealing joint, whereby both parts are fitted axially and consecutively from front to back and are interfixed in a sealed manner. Said inner bore hole comprises two front and rear sections which are substantially coaxial and concentric and are used to guide the piston ( ) in an axially sliding manner. The invention is characterized in that both front ( ) and rear ( ) sections which are used to guide the piston ( ) in a sliding manner belong to the center part ( B, ) of the cylinder body.

Simplified hydraulic control device for a clutch, especially for an automobile

A device wherein the cylinder ( ) comprises a cylinder body ( ) wherein a piston ( ) slides, and comprising an intermediate element ( ) housed in the cylinder body rear part ( ), for axial positioning of at least an inner sealing joint ( ) co-operating with the side wall ( ) of the piston ( ), and which is axially maintained in the rear part ( ) by a cylindrical annular rear sleeve ( ) mounted in the rear part ( ) and sealingly fixed therein by bonding or welding, in particular ultrasonic welding. The intermediate element ( ) is a tubular element forming joint-holder(s) ( ) in the inner peripheral wall ( ) of which is formed at least an inner joint housing ( ) open radially inwards towards the side wall ( ) of the piston ( ).

A clutch control device ( ) comprising a cylinder body ( ) and a piston ( ) axially sliding in an inner bore ( ) of the cylinder body ( ) and at least a dynamic seal ( A, C) borne by the cylinder body ( B). The cylinder body ( ) comprises, axially arranged successively from the front rearwards, a blind front component ( A) comprising a base ( ), a central component ( B) and a rear component ( C) open rearwards made of plastic material and assembled together sealed by welding ( A, C) with indirect heat input, and the inner bore ( ) comprises a front portion ( A) and a rear portion ( C), and the dynamic seal ( A, C) is housed in the central component ( ) of the cylinder body ( ).

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Pasquale Angione