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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1989
Donald M Flory, Arcanum, OH (US);
Craig A Osterday, Dayton, OH (US);
Edward J DeHoff, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Donald E Schenk, Vandalia, OH (US);
Jon E Miller, Spring Valley, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a brake booster including in a preferred embodiment a housing, first and second annular flexible diaphragms spaced from one another forming a sealed second chamber within the housing and a sealed first chamber between the first diaphragm and the first end of the housing, a generally annular shaped power piston for connection with the master cylinder piston, a chamber valve seat separating the first and second chambers, an inlet valve slidably mounted within the power piston, and a control valve spring biased away from the power piston and connected with the pedal linkage and being slidably and sealably mounted within first end of the housing.