Patent ID: 6101811
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: F16D,F16L

Abstract:
A hydraulic control apparatus including a master cylinder having an outlet; a slave cylinder having an inlet; a conduit assembly interconnecting the outlet of the master cylinder and the inlet of the slave cylinder and including a quick connect coupling including a male coupler member and a female coupler member each including a body defining hydraulic fluid passage means extending through the member; and a damper assembly for attenuating hydraulic pulsations in the apparatus, characterized in that:the damper assembly includes a damper member positioned in the body of said female coupler member with a face thereof in communication with the hydraulic fluid passage means in said female coupler member and with the damper member mounted for attenuating movement relative to the said female coupler member body in response to pulsations in hydraulic fluid in the conduit assembly.