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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1985
Lucas Industries Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A master cylinder for a vehicle braking system comprises a body (2) with a bore (3) open at the rear end of the body, a reservoir (4), a transverse port (17) in the body opening into the bore (3) and positioned rearwardly of the reservoir, and a passageway defined between the exterior of the body (2) and a sleeve (22) mounted thereon to communicate the transverse port (17) with a chamber (7) of the reservoir. in different disclosed embodiments the sleeve may be integral with the housing of a booster assembled with the master cylinder and an element may be interposed between the sleeve and the master cylinder body and be provided with a tubular extension interconnecting the reservoir with the passageway.