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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Michael Douglass, Newfields, NH (US);
Assignee:
Acutex, Inc., Whitehall, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ; B60T 1/300 ; F15B 9/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/14 ; B60T 1/300 ; F15B 9/10 ;
Abstract
A shock absorber for coupling a brake pedal lever arm to a brake booster push rod. The application of impact forces to the brake booster push rod is sensed and the brake pedal lever arm is no longer rigidly coupled to a brake booster push rod. The impact forces applied to the brake booster push rod are then absorbed by the shock absorber. Finally, after the cessation of the impact forces, the brake pedal lever arm is once again rigidly coupled to the brake booster push rod.