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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Peter Schlüter, Kammerforst, DE;
Lucas Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A vacuum brake booster ( ) is described, comprising a vacuum chamber ( ) and a working chamber ( ) separated from each other by a movable wall ( ). The vacuum brake booster ( ) includes an emergency braking aid comprising a permanent magnet ( ), which is disposed in the control valve housing ( ), and an armature ( A) which cooperates with the permanent magnet ( ) and in the event of emergency braking is drawn into abutment with the permanent magnet ( ), with the result that a control valve ( ) is held open for the supply of atmospheric pressure or above-atmospheric pressure to the working chamber ( ). The permanent magnet ( ) and the armature ( A) form a two-component magnetic module ( A, ), of which a first component is rigidly coupled to an actuating piston ( ) of the brake booster ( ). A coupling device ( ) is provided which is adapted to couple the second component of the magnetic module ( A, ), at least in actuating direction, to the actuating piston ( ) in response to high reaction forces.