Girling Limited

Robin Edward Child

Patrick Frank Sawyer

A vehicle load sensing arrangement for use with a vehicle braking system comprises an input member operating in a first bore and being subjected to the force of a road spring, a spring, such as a robust helical coil spring, subjecting the input member to a force in opposition to the road spring force, a valve having a valve member in a second bore which has a cross-sectional area smaller than the first bore, the valve member and input member being substantially in alignment, and an elastomeric member located between the input member and the valve member. The arrangement is such that only a proportion of the road spring force applied to the input member in excess of the coil spring force is transmitted by the elastomeric member to the valve member, the remainder of that excess force being transmitted to the sprung part of the vehicle.

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Robin Edward Child