brake: Quick Facts

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Diagram of a car showing labeled components of an antilock braking system, including wheel speed sensors, toothed sensor rings, hydraulic modulator, electronic control unit, vacuum booster, master cylinder, proportioner valve, hydraulic lines, and wiring.

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Labeled diagram of a car showing major parts including the engine, battery, transmission, axle, catalytic converter, muffler, exhaust pipe, brake, shock absorber, and fuel tank.

Labeled diagram of a vacuum-activated power brake system in a car, showing the brake pedal, master cylinder, brake booster chamber, pistons, valves, and airflow, with arrows and text explaining how pressing the pedal uses vacuum and atmospheric pressure to assist braking.

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Vincent Bendix

American inventor and industrialist