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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Peter Schlüter, Kammerforst, DE;
Peter Schlüter, Kammerforst, DE;
Lucas Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
In a brake force generator () for a vehicle hydraulic brake system having a force input element (), which is connectable or connected to a brake pedal (P) and displaceable in a base housing of the brake force generator (), a master cylinder, in which a primary piston () is displaceably guided for generating a hydraulic brake pressure, a pedal counterforce simulating device () connected to the force input element (), a pedal actuation detecting device () for detecting a pedal actuation, and an actuating force generating device for exerting an actuating force on the primary piston (), it is provided that the actuating force generating device comprises a control valve (), a chamber arrangement () and an electromagnetic actuator (), wherein the chamber arrangement () is designed with a vacuum chamber () and a working chamber (), which is separated from the vacuum chamber () by a movable wall () and is fluidically connectable to the vacuum chamber () by the control valve (), and wherein the control valve () may be activated in accordance with the detected pedal actuation.