Patents by Inventor Bruno Berthomieu
Bruno Berthomieu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9827964Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster includes a drive piston actuating a master cylinder by a push rod while being returned to rest position by a return spring. The brake booster has a vibration damper having a part made of an elastic material working compressively, of overall parallelepipedic shape, with a length greater than the spacing of two coils of the spring prior to its installation in the brake booster and whose front and back faces are equipped with a longitudinal slit penetrating the material mass of the damper for engagement by way of those slits on the two coils of the return spring.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Esteve Cortes, Jaume Casasnovas
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Patent number: 9821785Abstract: A vacuum operated brake booster, comprises a casing including a base defining at least one hole, and at least one tube extending through the casing and configured to receive a screw for fastening the brake booster to a wall of a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The tube defines a rear end with a peripheral fold forming a rear groove, and an extension extending beyond the rear groove, the extension defining a first outer edge and being configured to be folded toward an outer side of the tube to form a crimping lip. The at least one hole is bordered by a recessed ring having a form complementary to that of the rear groove of the rear end of the at least one tube. The extension is configured to be folded above a second outer edge of the recessed ring and blocked in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Joan Simon Bacardit
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Patent number: 9694798Abstract: A vacuum brake booster includes a housing in which a piston is accommodated, the piston being supported by a cylindrical body sealingly passing through an opening in the bottom and having a key that engages with the return element of the cylindrical recess. A damping element separates the front of the key from the rear of the base supporting the piston and the bead of the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
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Vacuum brake booster having tubes through which attachment screws pass and method for realizing same
Patent number: 9663087Abstract: A vacuum-operated brake booster includes a housing which consists of a bottom and a cover having an intermediate piston through which tubes, through which attachment screws are to pass, extend. The front end of the tube is threaded, and a peripheral groove is provided behind the thread, a flange being crimped in the groove behind the cover in the housing. The master cylinder is attached via the lugs thereof, which are fitted into the front end of the tube against the front surface of the cover and locked by the nut screwed onto the thread. The front end of the tube has a peripheral groove receiving the flange that consists of a ring and a sleeve, the lip of which penetrates into the groove by crimping. A gasket completes the seal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu -
Publication number: 20160339892Abstract: Vacuum brake booster comprising a vacuum housing subdivided by a piston into a vacuum chamber and a variable-pressure chamber for amplifiying the input force Fe and applying the output force to the master cylinder. The piston is carried by a valve body connected to the control rod by a plunger piston collaborating with the valve to command the pulling of a vacuum in the variable-pressure chamber or the venting thereof to atmosphere at the moment of braking. The air path passes via the opening through the inlet filter, the inside of the body and the passage of the sealing seat controlled by the valve to pass through the passage of the body opening between the cover and the piston into the chamber. The outlet of the passage is covered by a slowing filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventor: Bruno BERTHOMIEU
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Publication number: 20150314766Abstract: A vacuum operated brake booster, comprises a casing including a base defining at least one hole, and at least one tube extending through the casing and configured to receive a screw for fastening the brake booster to a wall of a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The tube defines a rear end with a peripheral fold forming a rear groove, and an extension extending beyond the rear groove, the extension defining a first outer edge and being configured to be folded toward an outer side of the tube to form a crimping lip. The at least one hole is bordered by a recessed ring having a form complementary to that of the rear groove of the rear end of the at least one tube. The extension is configured to be folded above a second outer edge of the recessed ring and blocked in the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Bruno BERTHOMIEU, Joan SIMON BACARDIT
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Publication number: 20150204361Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster includes a drive piston actuating a master cylinder by a push rod while being returned to rest position by a return spring. The brake booster has a vibration damper having a part made of an elastic material working compressively, of overall parallelepipedic shape, with a length greater than the spacing of two coils of the spring prior to its installation in the brake booster and whose front and back faces are equipped with a longitudinal slit penetrating the material mass of the damper for engagement by way of those slits on the two coils of the return spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Bruno BERTHOMIEU, Esteve CORTES, Jaume CASASNOVAS
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Publication number: 20150143992Abstract: A vacuum-operated brake booster includes a housing which consists of a bottom and a cover having an intermediate piston through which tubes, through which attachment screws are to pass, extend. The front end of the tube is threaded, and a peripheral groove is provided behind the thread, a flange being crimped in the groove behind the cover in the housing. The master cylinder is attached via the lugs thereof, which are fitted into the front end of the tube against the front surface of the cover and locked by the nut screwed onto the thread. The front end of the tube has a peripheral groove receiving the flange that consists of a ring and a sleeve, the lip of which penetrates into the groove by crimping. A gasket completes the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
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Publication number: 20150114214Abstract: A vacuum brake booster includes a housing in which a piston is accommodated, the piston being supported by a cylindrical body sealingly passing through an opening in the bottom and having a key that engages with the return element of the cylindrical recess. A damping element separates the front of the key from the rear of the base supporting the piston and the bead of the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
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Patent number: 8166865Abstract: A sensor feeler device for a brake booster. The sensor feeler device (4) includes an axially moveable cylinder (40), the movement of which can be controlled by the control rod which is itself controlled by the brake pedal, a sensor feeler piston (5) able to move axially in said moving cylinder (40), and a spring (44) that tends to push the sensor feeler piston (5) forward and keep its front face substantially in the same plane as the front face of the moving cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Francisco Carles, Joan Simon Bacardit
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Patent number: 7765913Abstract: This invention relates to a brake booster (201) having an axis (X), comprising an enclosure divided into a front chamber (210) and a rear chamber (208) by a skirt (209) fastened to a piston (205) mounted so that it can slide in the axial direction (X), the booster comprising a nonreturn valve (225) to evacuate air from the front chamber when the pressure prevailing exceeds a certain reference value. According to this invention, this booster is characterized in that this nonreturn valve (225) is internal to the booster (201).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit
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Publication number: 20090126560Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor feeler device for a brake booster. In this device, the sensor feeler device (4) comprises: an axially moveable cylinder (40) the movement of which can be controlled by the control rod which is itself controlled by the brake pedal, a sensor feeler piston (5) able to move axially in said moving cylinder (40), a spring (44) that tends to push the sensor feeler piston (5) forward and keep its front face substantially in the same plane as the front face of the moving cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Francisco Carles, Joan Simon Bacardit
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Publication number: 20080216642Abstract: This invention relates to a brake booster (201) having an axis (X), comprising an enclosure divided into a front chamber (210) and a rear chamber (208) by a skirt (209) fastened to a piston (205) mounted so that it can slide in the axial direction (X), the booster comprising a nonreturn valve (225) to evacuate air from the front chamber when the pressure prevailing exceeds a certain reference value. According to this invention, this booster is characterized in that this nonreturn valve (225) is internal to the booster (201).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit
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Patent number: 7255036Abstract: A pneumatic servomotor (12) for an assisted braking having a rigid axial casing (16) with a movable substantially truncated-cone shaped transverse skirt (18) that is integral with a piston (20) for the actuation of an associated master cylinder (14) that defines two pressure chambers (24, 26) inside the casing. A substantially annular sealing diaphragm (30) made of an elastomeric material is interposed between the casing (16) and an outer peripheral area (32) of the skirt (18) has a substantially annular seal (34) made of an elastomeric material is interposed between an inner area of the skirt (18) and the piston (20). The sealing diaphragm (30) and the seal (34) have a portion that is moulded over the skirt (18).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fernando Sacristan, Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
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Patent number: 7201456Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster for a motor vehicle, comprising a piston (22) mounted between a control rod (24) actuated by a brake pedal and a push rod (34) actuating a piston of a brake master cylinder. Structure for increasing brake boosting during an emergency braking, comprising a cylindrical sleeve (46) mounted in an axially sliding and sealed manner inside the piston (22). The sleeve being retained in the rest position by locking arrangement (58) and released to push away the shutter (56) of a three-way valve and increase the supply of atmospheric air to the booster when the control rod (24) is moved at a speed that is greater than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu, Fernando Sacristan
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Patent number: 7178882Abstract: A boosted brake for actuating a primary piston (54) of a master cylinder through a feeler and a reaction disk having a decompression piston (62) that is elastically returned by a spring (70). The decompression piston (62) has at least two radial branches (64) that are housed in the primary piston (54) of the master cylinder to provide two boost ratios that differ according to the intensity of an input force applied by an operator to effect a brake application.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
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Patent number: 7121186Abstract: A pneumatic servomotor for an assisted braking including an emergency-braking assistance device to increase the assistance ratio when an input force is applied to the control rod that is higher than a predetermined value through an extrusion of the reaction disk. The device (D) has a plastically-deformable first member (68) and second member (74) to accurately set a jump height of the servomotor and the activation force.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
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Publication number: 20060213367Abstract: A pneumatic servomotor (12) for an assisted braking having a rigid axial casing (16) with a movable substantially truncated-cone shaped transverse skirt (18) that is integral with a piston (20) for the actuation of an associated master cylinder (14) that defines two pressure chambers (24, 26) inside the casing. A substantially annular sealing diaphragm (30) made of an elastomeric material is interposed between the casing (16) and an outer peripheral area (32) of the skirt (18) has a substantially annular seal (34) made of an elastomeric material is interposed between an inner area of the skirt (18) and the piston (20). The sealing diaphragm (30) and the seal (34) have a portion that is moulded over the skirt (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Fernando Sacristan, Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
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Patent number: 7100997Abstract: A boosted brake (10) having a booster (12) for activating a primary piston (54) of a master cylinder (14) by way of a feeler (42), a reaction disk (28) and a push rod (52). The push rod (52) that is housed a decompression piston (62) and returned elastically by a spring (70) to a position of rest has at least two radial branches (64) in order to provide two boost ratios which differ according to the intensity of the input force.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
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Publication number: 20060055235Abstract: A method and device for adjusting the dead travel of a booster (12) and master cylinder (30) assembly by adjusting the length of a push rod (26) connecting the piston (20) of the booster to a piston (28) of the master cylinder. The length of the push rod (26) being adjusted by plastic deformation in axial compression.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Applicant: Bosch Sistemas de Frenado, S.L.Inventors: Juan Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu, Fernando Sacristan, Leon Tomas