US3825706A - Fluid pressure unbalance indicator with plural pistons - Google Patents

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US3825706A
US3825706A US00329791A US32979173A US3825706A US 3825706 A US3825706 A US 3825706A US 00329791 A US00329791 A US 00329791A US 32979173 A US32979173 A US 32979173A US 3825706 A US3825706 A US 3825706A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H35/00—Switches operated by change of a physical condition
    • H01H35/24—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow
    • H01H35/38—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow actuated by piston and cylinder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
    • B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
    • B60T17/18—Safety devices; Monitoring
    • B60T17/22—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
    • B60T17/226—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices using devices being responsive to the difference between the fluid pressions in conduits of multiple braking systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L7/00—Measuring the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by mechanical or fluid pressure-sensitive elements
    • G01L7/16—Measuring the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by mechanical or fluid pressure-sensitive elements in the form of pistons

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  • ABSTRACT A fluid pressure unbalance indicator comprising two separate pistons respectively subjected to forces created by the pressure prevailing in two independent fluid circuits, the pistons acting in opposition to one another and being mounted in a housing so as to move in conjunction with one another and to operate electrical contact members under the influence of a pressure difference which denotes failure of one of the fluid circuits and which produces a force capable of overcoming the force of a-resilient system associated with the pistons.
  • the resilient system is situated in a region of the housing accessible to both pistons, and each end of the resilient system bears on 'a fixed portion of the housing and is engageable by the piston subjected to the higher of the fluid pressure forces.
  • fluid-pressure unbalance indicators include two pistons, each exposed to the pressure in one of the braking circuit, and interconnected so as to act in opposition, that is, so-that respectively opposed thrusts will be exerted by each piston onthe other piston.
  • the pistons When the brakes are applied, the pistons will remain substantially stationaryif the pressure forces in both braking'circuits are equal but, if the pressure forces are different, the-combined movement of the pistons is utilized for closing an electrical switch.
  • the warning means will display a signal ,only when a brake application is being performed.
  • locking means should hold the pistons in the off-center position which they occupy when they receive pressures of different level.
  • the known embodiments require a partial disassembly" of the indicator or special pressurizing of the braking circuits for resetting the set of pistons into the balanced position when the. defective circuithas been repaired.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid-pressure unbalance indicator which comprises no locking means for maintaining the set of pistons in the position denoting a pressure unbalance, and which is capable of automatically resuming its balanced position when the pressures are equal again.
  • a resilient system is located in a region of the housing accessible to both pistons, each end of the resilientsystem bearing on a fixed part relative to the housing and being engageable by the piston subjected to the higher of the v fluid-pressure forces.
  • the fluid-pressure unbalance indicator comprises a housing 10 having a longitudinal bore. In the middle of this bore, a cavity 12 is formed by the continuation of a rectangular opening 14 in the wall of the housing 10. On either side of the cavity 12, a piston 16 carrying an annular seal 17 is slidably "mounted in the bore. The outer end of each piston 16 defines, in the bore, apre'ssure chamber 18 having orifices 20 adapted for connection to a hydraulic braking circuit. A threaded plug 22 sealingly closes each end of the bore.
  • FIG. .1 is an elevational view in cross-section of an indicator according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the line 2-2 in *FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along the line 4-4 in The outer endof each piston 16 carries a stop member 24 to limit the travel of the pistons towards the plugs 22.
  • the opposite end of the piston is extended axially' by a finger 26 of relatively small diameter, which is integral with the piston and is joined to the piston by a shoulder forming portion 28 of slightly larger diameter and by a conical portion 30.
  • the two fingers are de signed "to take up a position end to end.
  • Two washers '32, each slidably receiving one finger 26, are held apart by a spring 33.
  • the washers 32 normally bear on opposite walls of the cavity 12, and they can also be engaged by the shoulders 28.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the position taken up by the pistons 16 when the brake fluid entering the chambers 18 exerts substantially equal pressure forces; In this position, termed and the balanced position, the fingers 26 meet substantially at the centre of the cavity 12.
  • a device for detecting the positions of the pistons 16 comprises two followers 34 of insulated material, slidably received in the wall of the housing 10 and'having rounded ends which bear on the pistons. Outside thehousing 10 the followers 34 are interconnected by a resilient strip 36 bearing two electric contact studs 38.
  • An electrical terminal 40 passes through a boss on the underside of a cover 42 of insulating material and makes electrical contact with the centre of the strip 36, pushing the latter so that it bends resiliently.
  • a gasket 44 is inserted between the housing 10 and the cover 42, and two lugs on the cover fit into the housing opening l4and are traversed by a fixing pin 46 (FIG. 2).
  • the housing also contains a fixing hole 48.
  • awarning circuit (not shown) is connected between the terminal 40 and the housing 10, and the chambers 18 are connected to the fluid circuits of a braking system having two independent circuits. If both circuits are operating satisfactorily, application of the brakes moves the pistons 16 into, or confirms them in, the balanced position shown in FIG. 1 and described above. In this position the contact studs 38 are off the housing, and the warning circuit does not give any signal. If one fluid circuit is faulty, the piston 16 receives the normal braking pressure pushes the other piston by way of the fingers 26, until the stop member 24 on this other piston engages the threaded plug 22. This movement of the pistons has two separate effects.
  • the spring 33 is compressed between the two washers 32, one of which is pushed by the driving piston whereas the other bears on the wall of the cavity 12.
  • the spring expands and returns the driving piston into its initial position, whereas the driven piston continues to bear on the threaded plug.
  • the follower 34 associated with the driven piston engages the conical portion 30 I of its piston and, under the bias of the resilient strip 36,
  • the two pistons can be restored to their equilibrium position merely by feeding both circuits with braking pressure.
  • the inclined surface of the conical portion 30 forms a cam surface on which the follower 34 ascends, pushing the strip 36 until the contact stud 38 is off the housing again, in which position the warning circuit ceases to operate.
  • the resilient system comprising the spring 33 efficiently produces a resisting force which opposes movement of the pistons and prevents the pistons from being shifted due to a pressure difference too slight to denote failure of a fluid circuit. If, however, the pistons have moved, the piston. belonging to the faulty circuit remains. stationary after the brakes have been released and stays in the position which operates the warning circuit.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a very similar embodiment, and elements fulfilling the same function are designated by the same reference numerals.
  • the pistons 16 are mutually parallel and interact by way of a lever 50 pivoted centrally on a pin 52.
  • a spring 53 which fulfils the same function as the spring 33 in the first embodiment, has two arms situated on opposite sides of the pin 52, each of which bears on the housing 10 and can be engaged by the end of the lever 50 under theinfluence of one piston 16.
  • the means for I making electrical contact are housed in a hollow boss 54 projectingfrom one side of the housing 10.
  • a fluid pressure unbalance indicator comprising:
  • a housing a pair of pistons in said housing; a pair of bores formed in said housing, one piston being slidably and sealingly mounted in a respective bore, one end of each piston defining a pressure chamber at one end of each of said bores, the other end of each piston being adjacent to a cavity in said housing intermediate said bores;
  • first means located in said cavity, the corresponding end of said first means being engageable by the piston exposed to the higher of the fluid pressure forces generated in said pressure chambers, the opposite end of said first means engaging a fixed portion of said housing, said first means including resilient means generating a. restoring force on said lastmentioned piston yieldably urging the latter to its rest position;
  • said electrical switch means operable in response to the movement of said pistons, said electrical switch means including contact means, second resilient means urging said contact means closed, and plunger means interconnecting said second resilient means and said pistons to permit the second resilient means to close said contact means when the piston exposed to the higher fluid pressure moves away from its rest position;
  • each of said pistons having a cam surface formed thereon, said plunger means including two plungers, each plunger cooperating with a respective cam surface;
  • each of said cam surfaces being a conical surface coaxial with their extensions facing one another
  • said first means comprising a pair of washers slidable on said extensions respectively, said resilient means ineluding a spring yieldably urging said washers apart.

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GB999538A (en) * 1961-11-21 1965-07-28 Reginald Thomas Hamilton Improvements relating to hydraulic braking systems
US3411133A (en) * 1965-10-13 1968-11-12 Bendix Corp Master cylinder warning device
US3670122A (en) * 1969-12-10 1972-06-13 Itt Warning device for dual circuit hydraulic brake systems
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US4114145A (en) * 1975-06-12 1978-09-12 Girling Limited Dual hydraulic braking system for vehicles
US20040072040A1 (en) * 2002-04-23 2004-04-15 University Of Massachusetts Lowell Electrolyzer pressure equalization system
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