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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
Stefan Guenther, Orion, MI (US);
Peter Alchamli, Rochester, MI (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A master cylinder for attachment with a pre-installed brake booster includes a housing having a bore to receive a piston and piston rod. An outermost end of the piston rod has a guide member in the shape of a funnel which centrally aligns a push rod in the brake booster with a blind bore in the piston rod during attachment with the booster. In addition, a sealing boot is provided on the master cylinder to protect the piston rod outer sealing surface from foreign material and foreign objects that would otherwise contact the piston rod surface during shipping, storage, and installation. The sealing boot is attached at one end to the housing and at an opposite end to the guide member.