Abstract:
A servomotor having a movable wall responsive to a pressure differential sequentially developed between vacuum and air at atmospheric pressure and vacuum and air above atmospheric pressure for supplying a brake actuator with an input force to operate a braking system. A series of poppet valves responsive to the movement of a plunger will control the sequential development of the pressure differential. A relief valve located in the wall will place an upper limit on the development of the pressure differential to assure that the input force that is created will not harm the braking system.
Abstract:
A bearing and seal combination for use in pressurizing section of a servomotor which supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to a braking system. The bearing and seal combination will align and permit a push rod to move a piston in response to a pressure differential being created across a movable wall. The bearing and seal combination will prevent air from being communicated into the pressurizing section during a first condition and fluid under pressure from escaping from the pressurizing chamber during a second condition.
Abstract:
A POPPET VALVE FOR A SERVOMOTOR IS A POWER BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VALVE STEM OF THE POPPET VALVE HAS A SMALL DIAMETER WHICH LOOSELY EXTENDS THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE HOUSING CONNECTING THE CONTROL CHAMBER WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC CHAMBER. A DISC-SHAPED REINFORCED MEMBER HAS A CENTRAL OPENING LOOSELY SURROUNDING THE VALVE STEM. A PERIPHERAL SKIRT ENCLOSES A RUBBER MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE INNER AND OUTER SURFACES OF THE REINFORCING MEMBER. A CAP MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE VALVE STEM PERMITS A SPRING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A FLANGE SECTION OF THE STEM TO SEAT THE CAP MEMBER ON THE REINFORCING MEMBER WHILE THE REINFORCING MEMBER IS SEATED ON THE OPENING IN THE HOUSING. UPON APPLICATION AND RELEASE OF THE BRAKES, THE VALVE STEM WILL CORRESPONDINGLY MOVE THE REINFORCING MEMBER WITH THE RUBBER-LIKE SURFACES AWAY FROM THE OPENINGS TO PERMIT COMMUNICATION OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TO THE CONTROL CHAMBER WHERE A CONDUIT CARRIES THIS PRESSURE TO A POWER CHAMBER WHICH OPERATES THE SERVOMOTOR. AFTER THE REINFORCING MEMBER HAS BEEN UNSEATED, THE PERIPHERAL SKIRT WILL PROVIDE A BEARING SURFACE TO GUIDE THE INNER SURFACE INTO SEATING ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN THE HOUSING WHILE THE CENTRAL OPENING IN THE REINFORCING MEMBER WILL PERMIT LATERAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE VALVE STEM TO ASSURE SEATING OF THE CAP MEMBER.