Automotive service equipment and method for brake fluid exchange with wireless brake bleeding system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8356642
APP PUB NO 20120267003A1
SERIAL NO

13534173

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Automotive service equipment for brake fluid exchange includes a central unit having a controller for operating the equipment and a communication module for wirelessly communicating with each of a plurality of remote bleed modules to control bleeding brake fluid from respective brake bleeders of a vehicle connected to the modules. The brake fluid from the brake bleeders is stored in containers in the modules for later removal. When disconnected from the brake bleeders, the modules are moved to docking stations on the central unit for emptying brake fluid from the module containers and vacuum charging the containers for brake bleeding. The automotive service equipment and related method of performing brake fluid exchange in an automotive vehicle avoid the use of hoses for returning the waste fluid to the central unit thus reducing the problem of storage and handling of such hoses and spillage of residual fluid left in the hoses.

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RTI TECHNOLOGIES INCYORK PA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crandall, Thomas L York, US 10 158
Murphy, Jeffrey B Millersville, US 5 54
Shultz, Eric I Mount Joy, US 6 68

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