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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andre Tobiasz, Epinay Sur Seine, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16J / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 / ; 403141 ; 92129 ; 92187 ;
Abstract
A master cylinder for a motor vehicle clutch is coupled to the clutch pedal by means of a fastening and articulating device comprising a ball which is mounted pivotally in a ball housing. The ball housing is in the form of a tulip, the base of which has a thrust seating surface configured as a hollow spherical bowl; the petals of the tulip consist of fingers deformable axially to enable the ball to be introduced into the housing along the general axis of the housing, so as to be resiliently gripped within the housing by the fingers.