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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith V. Leigh-Monstevens, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Tim M. Dangel, Oxford, MI (US);
Bryan M. Stevens, Clinton Twp., MI (US);
Assignee:
Automotive Products (USA) Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 3/100 ; F16J 1/518 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 3/100 ; F16J 1/518 ;
Abstract
A concentric slave cylinder for motor vehicle manual transmissions in which the cylinder housing is fabricated from an inner cylindrical member having a base flange and an outer cylindrical member having a base flange wherein the annular fluid chamber between the outer wall of the inner cylinder and the inner wall of the outer cylinder has a radial dimension of not more than about 4 millimeters.