Patent ID: 8522935
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A balancing valve (V) for a braking system of a vehicle having two separate master brake cylinders ( 1 ) configured for independent braking of respective opposite wheels of the vehicle, the two master brake cylinders connected to each other by way of a transfer channel ( 7 ), the balancing valve (V) comprising: a piston configured to operate within one of the master brake cylinders, the piston comprising first and second containment spaces; and first and second ring packings ( the first containment space ( an expanded portion ( the top surface having a sloped portion that slopes toward the bottom surface as a function of increasing distance from the side surface to form a narrowed portion ( the first ring packing ( the first ring packing ( wherein the first ring packing ( wherein the second ring packing (