Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crash safe vehicle brake assembly
- Patent Title (中): 碰撞安全车辆刹车总成
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Application No.: US11422879Application Date: 2006-06-08
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Publication No.: US07712570B2Publication Date: 2010-05-11
- Inventor: Ryan A. Miller , Bradley W. Klein
- Applicant: Ryan A. Miller , Bradley W. Klein
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Plumsea Law Group, LLC
- Agent Mark E. Duell
- Main IPC: B60K28/10
- IPC: B60K28/10 ; G05G1/32

Abstract:
A brake assembly configured to bias the master cylinder to rotate upward in a crash which induces the brake pedal to rotate down and away from the driver. This is achieved with a reduced number of parts, an angle reservoir for the initial position, a localized crush zone in the booster all configured to use the assembly's contact with the lower dash panel as a fulcrum point inducing downward rotation of the brake pedal. The present invention takes geometric advantage of its position proximate the lower dash panel to sure that when the engine compartment portion is pushed rearward toward the occupant compartment, the localized crush zone of the booster case induces upward rotation of the master cylinder causing the booster to pivot about the lower dash panel and cause the parallel brackets to rotate downward.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070283690A1 CRASH SAFE VEHICLE BRAKE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2007-12-13
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