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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jürgen Schonlau, Walluf, DE;
Ralf Harth, Darmstadt, DE;
Uwe Kley, Usingen, DE;
Rolf Fellinger, Dreikirchen, DE;
Steffen Linkenbach, Eschborn-Niederhöchstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 9/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 9/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vacuum brake force booster which includes a valve piston with a pedal push rod that is axially slidable in a vacuum housing, further including a control housing and a poppet valve connected to the valve piston, and an air filter. The air filter is arranged in the valve piston and forms, in conjunction with an associated valve piston sealing seat for the air filter abuttable thereon, a variable flow cross-section for the outside air that flows through the poppet valve.