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).

  • Patent number: 9827964
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Esteve Cortes, Jaume Casasnovas
  • Patent number: 9821785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Joan Simon Bacardit
  • Patent number: 9694798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Patent number: 9663087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Publication number: 20160339892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Bruno BERTHOMIEU
  • Publication number: 20150314766
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Bruno BERTHOMIEU, Joan SIMON BACARDIT
  • Publication number: 20150204361
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Bruno BERTHOMIEU, Esteve CORTES, Jaume CASASNOVAS
  • Publication number: 20150143992
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Publication number: 20150114214
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Joan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Patent number: 8166865
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Francisco Carles, Joan Simon Bacardit
  • Patent number: 7765913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit
  • Publication number: 20090126560
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Francisco Carles, Joan Simon Bacardit
  • Publication number: 20080216642
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit
  • Patent number: 7255036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fernando Sacristan, Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Patent number: 7201456
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu, Fernando Sacristan
  • Patent number: 7178882
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
  • Patent number: 7121186
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
  • Publication number: 20060213367
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Fernando Sacristan, Juan Simon Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu
  • Patent number: 7100997
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Berthomieu, Juan Simon Bacardit, Fernando Sacristan
  • Publication number: 20060055235
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Bosch Sistemas de Frenado, S.L.
    Inventors: Juan Bacardit, Bruno Berthomieu, Fernando Sacristan, Leon Tomas