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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1990

Filed:

Oct. 17, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:

Robert H LaFountain, Rochester, MI (US);

Assignee:

Automotive Products plc, Warwickshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60533 ; 60585 ; 60592 ; 141-7 ; 141 61 ;
Abstract

A method and apparatus for filling a hydraulic control apparatus of the type including a reservoir, a diaphragm positioned in the reservoir, a master cylinder, a slave cylinder, and a conduit interconnecting the master cylinder and the slave cylinder. The apparatus is filled by the use of a filling head which is fitted into the open top of the reservoir and which includes a nozzle portion having an exterior surface enclosing a volume which approximates the volume of the diaphragm so that, following filling of the apparatus, removal of the filling head, and reinsertion of the diaphragm, the apparatus is automatically placed in a totally filled condition.


Find Patent Forward Citations

LaFountain, Robert. (1990). Method and apparatus for prefilling hydraulic control apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 4959960). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4959960

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