ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY
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    发明公开
    ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4428387A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-11

    申请号:EP23461530.0

    申请日:2023-03-08

    IPC分类号: F16D55/40 F16D65/18 F16D65/54

    摘要: A piston assembly (30) for engaging two selectively engageable parts comprising: a housing defining a piston cylinder (32); a piston (31); and an adjuster assembly (50) comprising: a piston stroke limiter (70) configured to limit the length of a return stroke of the piston (31) from an extended stroke position and a retracted stroke position, the piston stroke limiter (70) comprising a spring (52) and a spring guide (53); and an inner crushable tube (60), acting between the piston (31) and the piston stroke limiter (70), the inner crushable tube (60) being arranged to reduce in axial length when a length of an extension stroke exceeds a length of a retraction stroke to maintain the length of the return stroke; wherein the inner crushable tube (60) comprises an inner crushable thin-walled tube surrounding at least a portion of the piston (31), the adjuster assembly (50) further comprising an outer crushable tube (80) mounted around and radially outwards of the inner crushable tube (60) on a tube support, an end of the tube support connected to an end of the inner crushable tube (60), the inner and outer crushable tubes (60,80) configured to each form a crushed body of reduced axial length compared to the axial length of the tube when a predetermined force is applied to the tube.