Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
303011000 | Pressure control | 37 |
20080246334 | Anti-lock hydraulic braking system, in particular for motorized two-wheel vehicles - An anti-lock hydraulic braking system has a wheel brake circuit with a main brake cylinder, wheel brake cylinder and switching valve, and an auxiliary pressure circuit, connected in parallel between the switching valve and wheel brake cylinder on the wheel brake circuit. With ABS control, the switching valve can be switched from a basic position, where it hydraulically connects the main brake cylinder and wheel brake cylinder, to a switched position where it prevents a build-up of braking pressure on the wheel brake cylinder via the main brake cylinder, while the braking pressure on the wheel brake cylinder can be modulated by the auxiliary pressure circuit. | 10-09-2008 |
20080284240 | Brake Control System for Vehicle and Control Method Thereof - Provided are a brake control system for a vehicle and a control method thereof. The brake control system includes: a traction valve | 11-20-2008 |
20080296967 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A controller which controls an electric motor in such a manner that a rotational speed detected in a motor rotational speed detecting module | 12-04-2008 |
20090091180 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROCESS OF OPERATING THE SAME - In a brake control apparatus, a fluid passage section is hydraulically connected between a hydraulic pressure source and a wheel cylinder. A first pressure sensor measures a first quantity correlated to a hydraulic pressure outputted by the hydraulic pressure source. A second pressure sensor measures a second quantity correlated to an internal pressure of the wheel cylinder. A controller controls a braking force of a wheel by the wheel cylinder. The controller is configured to: allow the first pressure sensor to obtain a value of the first quantity, and allow the second pressure sensor to obtain a value of the second quantity, while allowing a selector to regulate fluid communication between the hydraulic pressure source and the wheel cylinder; and calibrate the first and second pressure sensors with respect to each other in accordance with the obtained values of the first and second quantities. | 04-09-2009 |
20090096279 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS - A brake control apparatus includes a fluid pressure sensor to sense an actual master cylinder pressure, a pump to suck a brake fluid from the master cylinder through a hydraulic circuit connecting the master cylinder to a wheel cylinder and a controller to perform a brake assist control to supply a discharge pressure of the pump to the wheel cylinder in accordance with the sensed actual master cylinder pressure signal. The controller calculates a modified master cylinder pressure by modifying the actual master cylinder pressure in accordance with an operating condition of the pump, calculates a base pressure in accordance with a variation of the modified master cylinder pressure, and calculates a target wheel cylinder pressure in accordance with the base pressure, to control a braking force by controlling an actual wheel cylinder pressure of the wheel cylinder in accordance with the target wheel cylinder pressure. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096280 | BRAKE BOOST CONTROL APPARATUS - A brake boost control apparatus has a brake operation member, a master cylinder, a wheel cylinder, a hydraulic pump, a master cylinder pressure detection section detecting a pressure of the brake fluid, a brake stroke amount detection section detecting a stroke amount of the brake operation member, a hydraulic pressure control section that controls a pressure of the wheel cylinder, a boost section which boosts the pressure of the brake fluid and increases the wheel cylinder pressure, and a control unit. The control unit controls at least one of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic pressure control section so that the stroke amount detected by the brake stroke amount detection section under a boost operation by the boost section and the pressure detected by the master cylinder pressure detection section are maintained at a predetermined relationship. | 04-16-2009 |
20090127925 | Linear single channel hydraulic control unit - A hydraulic control unit for a motor vehicle having a motor providing a drive shaft driving a rotatable piston bearing surface at a proximal end of the motor, a hydraulic block providing cavities housing a pumping assembly and fluid control valves, and a control section providing solenoid coils receiving portions of the fluid control valves, with the pump cavity being disposed on a first end of the hydraulic block and the valve cavities being disposed on an opposite end of the hydraulic block, and the pumping assembly being reciprocalably driven by the rotatable piston bearing surface along an axis radially disposed from and otherwise parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatable piston bearing surface. In another aspect, a pump element having a ball bearing assembly mounted at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of rotation of a seat, and a pumping assembly reciprocally bearing against an outer portion of the ball bearing assembly. | 05-21-2009 |
20090200858 | Wheel Motor Device - A wheel motor device according to the present invention includes a hydraulic motor main body forming an HST in cooperation with the hydraulic pump main body, a motor shaft supporting the hydraulic motor main body in a relatively non-rotatable manner, a speed-reduction gear mechanism for reducing the speed of the rotational power output from the motor shaft, a first output member for outputting the rotational power whose speed has been reduced by the speed-reduction gear mechanism toward a corresponding first driving wheel, a casing accommodating the hydraulic motor main body and the speed-reduction gear mechanism, and a brake mechanism selectively and operatively applying a brake force to the first output member. The brake mechanism includes a brake shaft supported by the casing, a speed-increasing gear mechanism for increasing the speed of the rotational power output from the motor shaft and operatively transmitting the same to the brake shaft, and a brake unit for selectively and operatively applying the brake force to the brake shaft. | 08-13-2009 |
20100038959 | LINEAR DUAL CHANNEL HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT - A linear dual channel hydraulic control unit for a motor vehicle, having a motor section with an output shaft having a first output shaft end and an opposing second output shaft end. A rotationally adjustable wobble plate having an apex portion is fixed onto either end of the output shaft. A hydraulic block is mated onto either end of the motor section. Each hydraulic block includes an inlet for fluid communication with a braking fluid source and an outlet for fluid communication with a braking system brake, a pump cavity housing a pumping assembly and having an opening disposed on a first end, and first and second valve cavities housing first and second fluid control valves. Mated to each hydraulic block is a control sections providing first and second solenoid coils receiving portions of the first and second fluid control valves. The pumping assembly is reciprocally driven by the rotatable piston bearing surface along an axis radially disposed from and otherwise parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatable piston bearing surface. Each of the wobble plates includes an apex that can be rotationally offset relative to the other about the axis of rotation ‘A’ to control the timing of the output cycle of the pumping assemblies; thereby reducing or eliminating the natural harmonic vibrations of the pumping assemblies and/or minimizing the current draw of the motor. | 02-18-2010 |
20100084913 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an electronic control brake system that has a compact structure while rapidly forming an oil pressure during active control and reducing pressure pulsation, simultaneously. The electronic control brake system includes a master cylinder assembly to provide braking force, a plurality of brake cylinders to achieve braking, first and second hydraulic circuits connecting the master cylinder and the plurality of brake cylinders to form a closed circuit, a pump unit installed in the first and second hydraulic circuits to achieve active control, and a motor to drive the pump unit. The pump unit includes first, second, third, and fourth pumps, the first pump and the second are respectively arranged in planes, being orthogonal with the rotary axis X of the motor, located in different layers in the direction of a rotary axis of the motor at an angular position of 0 degrees from the rotary axis of the motor, the third pump arranged in the same plane as the first pump at an angular position of 270 degrees from the rotary axis X of the motor, and the fourth pump is arranged in the same plane as the second pump at an angular position of 90 degrees from the rotary axis of the motor. The first pump and the third pump are connected to the first hydraulic circuit, and the second pump and the fourth pump are connected to the second hydraulic circuit. | 04-08-2010 |
20100117445 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BRAKE APPARATUS - The control device adapted to a vehicle brake apparatus includes a vacuum obtaining portion, a master cylinder pressure obtaining portion and a boosting control portion for executing a boosting control which controls supplying of a boosting pressure established by driving the hydraulic pressure pump and controlling the pressure differential control valve so that the boosting pressure agrees to a target boosting pressure obtained with a target boosting gain smaller than a basic boosting gain which indicates a servo-ratio of the vacuum booster up to the time, when the master cylinder pressure becomes equal to or more than a boosting limit pressure which is a master cylinder pressure corresponding to a boosting limit of the vacuum booster at the vacuum obtained by the vacuum pressure obtaining portion, in addition to the master cylinder pressure established in response to the operation of the brake operation member. | 05-13-2010 |
20100181824 | HYDRAULIC VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HYDRAULIC VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic vehicle brake system, which has a brake pressure signal generator which can be activated by a brake activation device, wherein the brake pressure signal generator can be connected to wheel brakes of the vehicle via at least one hydraulic line and is composed essentially of a master brake cylinder and a hydraulic booster which is connected upstream and which has a return flow chamber and a boosting chamber, a working piston arranged therein and a control piston, wherein the working piston is operatively connected in the force outputting direction to a master brake cylinder piston via an activation element, and a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic pressure source can be applied to the booster via an inlet for the purpose of boosting braking force, wherein an outlet of the booster can be connected to a reservoir vessel. | 07-22-2010 |
20100187901 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE BRAKE - To provide a brake control apparatus and method for controlling the brake which is capable of preventing a fluctuation of a brake pedal stroke amount when switching a regenerative braking force to a hydraulic braking force. | 07-29-2010 |
20100201183 | BRAKE UNIT OF A SLIP-CONTROLLED MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM WITH A FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A brake unit of a slip-controlled motor vehicle brake system with a fluid supply device with an electrically operated fluid supply device provides a pressurised hydraulic or pneumatic fluid in the brake circuits of the brake system. The fluid supply device has a pressure chamber with at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. One non-return valve each is provided at the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A piston which protrudes into the pressure chamber is movable at least into one of two end positions by means of an electric drive device. In the one end position, a minimum volume is defined by the pressure chamber and the piston. In the other end position, a maximum volume is defined by the pressure chamber and the piston. | 08-12-2010 |
20100219678 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE UNIT FOR A LAND VEHICLE - An electrohydraulic brake unit for a hydraulic, single- or multiple-circuit brake system that enables regenerative braking is provided. It comprises a unit body, which comprises electrically actuable fluid control valves and hydraulic connection lines between the fluid control valves, an electronic closed-/open-loop control circuit for supplying trigger signals for the fluid control valves in order to modulate the hydraulic pressure in the brake circuits, and a fluid feed pump. In the unit body a simulator for regenerative braking is at least partially integrated, which comprises at least one cylinder/piston arrangement, with which at least one resetting spring arrangement, in the form of at least one spring element, is associated. This simulator projects at least partially out of the unit body. | 09-02-2010 |
20100295363 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - A brake control system includes a wheel cylinder, a brake pedal, a master cylinder in which communication between it and an external master cylinder reservoir is cut off when the operating amount of the brake pedal is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, an internal reservoir, and a pump which selectively discharges hydraulic fluid in two directions, one being a direction that increases the hydraulic pressure in the wheel cylinder by drawing up hydraulic fluid from the internal reservoir, and the other being a direction that stores hydraulic fluid in the internal reservoir. The pump is driven to discharge hydraulic fluid in the direction that stores hydraulic fluid when communication is open between the master cylinder and the master cylinder reservoir, and driven to discharge hydraulic fluid in the direction that increases the hydraulic pressure when communication is cut off between the master cylinder and the master cylinder reservoir. A further invention is directed to a brake control method. | 11-25-2010 |
20110001351 | Method and Device for the Reproducible Generation of a Specifiable Final Pressure in a Braking System - To achieve a specifiable, and thus reproducible final pressure in at least one part of the brake circuit, the pump is first actuated for pressure buildup or pressure reduction when the valve is closed. When a first specified setpoint pressure is reached, or when a pressure threshold value is exceeded, the valve is put into an open position using a first actuation. After the pump is switched off, the actuation of the valve is modified in such a way that, during a specifiable time, a continuous change of the first actuation is undertaken all the way up to a second actuation, in which the valve assumes a holding position, particularly while taking into consideration the pressure difference which prevails at the valve. | 01-06-2011 |
20110025120 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A brake system for an automotive vehicle includes a controller for operating friction and powertrain braking subsystems so that hydraulic pressure to the friction brakes is minimized during powertrain braking, while at the same time emulating the driver-interface operating characteristics of a pure friction-braking system during all operating conditions. | 02-03-2011 |
20110089753 | HYDRAULIC PISTON PUMP - The invention relates to a hydraulic piston pump, particularly for a slip-controllable vehicle braking system. A piston pump according to the invention includes a hydraulically permanently permeable stopper, the throughflow of which is carried out as a function of the pressure in an outflow channel of the piston pump. A pressure medium flow only takes place if the pressure level in the outflow channel has exceeded a threshold value. The latter takes place, for example, if the kinematic viscosity of the flowing pressure medium decreases due to low ambient temperatures, or if a throughflow of the outflow channel is obstructed. By means of the proposed solution, excess pressure increases in the interior of the piston pump can be avoided, and the resulting loads for the pressurized pump components and the drive can be reduced. Otherwise, the operating behavior of the piston pump according to the invention corresponds to that of a known piston pump. | 04-21-2011 |
20110109152 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a brake system for a vehicle, with a main brake cylinder, a fluid control unit, and at least one wheel brake. The fluid control unit has, for brake pressure modulation in at least one brake circuit a switchover valve, an intake valve and a recirculating pump for each brake circuit. According to the invention, the fluid control unit has, for each brake circuit, a sliding valve which is connected into a suction line between the recirculating pump and the main brake cylinder. The sliding valve restricts the effective pressure on a suction side of the recirculating pump to a predeterminable maximum pressure value. In this case, the sliding valve can be arranged in series with or parallel to the intake valve. | 05-12-2011 |
20110115283 | SEALING STRUCTURE FOR PISTON AND PISTON PUMP AND BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE INCORPORATING THE STRUCTURE - A sealing structure is provided wherein an annular groove formed in a pump cylinder of a piston pump receives therein a seal ring made of a synthetic resin material and having an inner circumferential surface fluid-tightly contacting an outer circumferential surface of the pump piston and an O-ring arranged on the outer circumferential side of the seal ring and urging the seal ring radially inward. The seal ring is formed at its axial end portions with flange portions for preventing the O-ring from coming off. In the state that the seal ring and the O-ring are fitted in the annular groove, the flange portions do not receive a load from the O-ring, and a surface pressure which the seal ring applies to the outer circumferential surface of the piston at an axial center portion thereof is set to be higher than surface pressures which it applies to the outer circumferential surface of the piston at axial end portions thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
20110215638 | BRAKE SYSTEM - Provided is a brake system capable of preventing fuel efficiency of a vehicle from being lowered. After an operation of a brake pedal ( | 09-08-2011 |
20120007418 | Brake Control Apparatus - A brake control apparatus has a master cylinder pressure detection section that detects a master cylinder pressure produced by driver's brake operation, a pump that draws brake fluid in a master cylinder and discharges the brake fluid to a wheel cylinder that is provided in a wheel, and a control unit that controls a wheel cylinder pressure in response to the detected master cylinder pressure. The control unit has a master cylinder pressure correction section that corrects the detected master cylinder pressure in accordance with a discharge flow quantity of the pump, and a wheel cylinder pressure control section that controls the wheel cylinder pressure by the brake fluid discharged from the pump on the basis of the corrected master cylinder pressure. | 01-12-2012 |
20120074769 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A hydraulic brake apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The hydraulic brake apparatus includes a master cylinder, a high hydraulic pressure source, a brake assist mechanism, a liquid reservoir, an electronic control device, a hydraulic control device and is configured such that the master cylinder is actuated by a force assisted by the brake assist mechanism to generate a hydraulic pressure and a braking force according to the hydraulic pressure is applied to a wheel of the vehicle. The hydraulic brake apparatus further includes driving pressure reducing valve which is configured such that when a hydraulic pressure in a master pressure input port is higher than that in the driving pressure input port by a predetermined value, the hydraulic brake apparatus is actuated based on the pressure difference to open a hydraulic pressure discharge path extending from a driving hydraulic pressure chamber to the liquid reservoir. | 03-29-2012 |
20120080936 | SHAFT SEALING APPARATUS, PUMP APPARATUS AND BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE USING SAME - A shaft sealing device comprising: a first member; a second member provided with a through-hole through which the first member passes; a sealing member configured to seal a gap between the through-hole and the first member; a rotation restricting part restricting relative rotation between the first and second members; and an axial displacement restricting part restricting the axial displacement of the sealing member. The rotation restricting part includes a first contact portion provided on the first member, a second contact portion provided on the sealing member and an inclined surface included on the first contact portion. The axial displacement restricting part includes a stopper surface. When the sealing member rotates in one direction relative to the second member by being dragged by the first member, the sealing member contacts the stopper surface to restrict the axial displacement of the sealing member. | 04-05-2012 |
20120133201 | Attenuator For A Vehicle Braking System - A vehicle braking system includes a slip control system operable in an electronic stability control (ESC) mode to automatically and selectively apply the brakes in an attempt to stabilize the vehicle when an instability condition has been sensed. The slip control system is further operable in an adaptive cruise control (ACC) mode to automatically apply the brakes to slow the vehicle in response to a control signal. The slip control system includes a variable speed motor drive piston pump for supplying pressurized fluid pressure to the brakes through a valve arrangement. In the ESC mode, the pump motor operates in an ESC speed range, and in the ACC mode, the pump motor operates in an ACC speed range lower than the ESC speed range. The slip control system further includes an attenuator connected to a pump outlet for dampening pump output pressure pulses prior to application to the brakes. The attenuator includes an elastomeric member located in an attenuator chamber of a housing. The attenuator chamber defines a shoulder and the elastomeric member includes a flange which rests on the shoulder and locates the elastomeric member in a predetermined axial position within the attenuator chamber. An outside wall of the elastomeric member includes circumferentially extending grooves defining ribs between adjacent grooves. | 05-31-2012 |
20120319466 | Method for activating a switching valve in a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system - In a method for carrying out an automatic braking in a motor vehicle with the aid of a pump which delivers a brake fluid in the direction of the wheel brakes, the brake pressure prevailing in the brake circuit is limited by a valve, which is overflowed when a settable pressure threshold is reached, and thus limiting the brake pressure. The dynamics of the pressure build-up is improved if the valve opens only at higher pressures, since a greater share of the volume flow coming from the hydraulic pump is then in fact conducted to the wheel brakes and is not able to flow off prematurely via the valve. | 12-20-2012 |
20130106170 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130162012 | BRAKING DEVICE - A braking device comprises: a master cylinder; an electrical pressure adjusting unit; a reaction force generating unit, which forms a reaction force chamber and which generate a reaction hydraulic pressure in the reaction force chamber; a reservoir for brake fluid; an inter-chamber brake fluid path; a reservoir path that connects the reservoir and the inter-chamber brake fluid path; and a normally-closed control valve, wherein the electrical pressure adjusting unit includes an electrical pump which is directly connected with the driving hydraulic pressure chamber to supply the brake fluid to the driving hydraulic pressure chamber, and wherein at least one of electromagnetic valves provided in the electrical pressure adjusting unit and the reaction force generating unit is a normally-opened electromagnetic valve, which is provided in the inter-chamber brake fluid path and is configured to communicate the inter-chamber brake fluid path in a non-conduction state. | 06-27-2013 |
20130278049 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER UNIT - The invention relates to an electrohydraulic power unit for controlling, by open or closed loop, a brake pressure of a hydraulic vehicle brake system, comprising a hydraulic block, which has a hydraulic pump and on which an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump is provided, an electronic control device, which is provided on a side of the hydraulic block opposite the electric motor, and at least one electrical contact ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140054955 | VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE - Taking a stroke within a period from when an operation of a brake operating member is started to when a predetermined stroke operation is performed as an ineffective stroke in which the master cylinder pressure is not generated, a control means controls an amount of differential pressure formed by a differential control valve such that a hydraulic braking force that corresponds to a stroke of the brake operating member is generated during the ineffective stroke, and even after the stroke of the brake operating member exceeds the ineffective stroke, increases the wheel cylinder pressure by performing raising of the amount of differential pressure formed by the differential pressure control valve by a predetermined raising amount with respect to the amount of differential pressure during the ineffective stroke. | 02-27-2014 |
20140292066 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake hydraulic control apparatus includes a reservoir, a hydraulic pressure pump, an orifice, a damper and a one-way valve. The reservoir absorbs an excess brake hydraulic pressure of a wheel brake. The hydraulic pressure pump suctions brake fluid absorbed by the reservoir and returns the suctioned brake fluid to a master cylinder through a return line. The orifice is provided in the return line. The damper is connected to the return line between the orifice and the hydraulic pressure pump and damps discharge pressure pulsation of the hydraulic pressure pump. The one-way valve is provided in the return line between the damper and the orifice and prevents a hydraulic flow from an orifice side to a damper side. | 10-02-2014 |
20150091370 | VEHICLE BRAKE DEVICE - A brake ECU brings master cut valves into an open state and brings holding valves into a closed state, thereby controlling a master cylinder and wheel cylinders to communicate to each other when a magnitude of a hydraulic pressure detected by an accumulator pressure sensor has decreased to a value less than a predetermined value set in advance. On the other hand, the ECU maintains holding valves in an open state, and controls an accumulator and the wheel cylinders to communicate to each other via linear control valves. Then, the ECU determines in which brake system a failure occurs out of a brake system for a front right wheel, a brake system for a front left wheel, and brake systems for rear right and left wheels based on changes in hydraulic pressure detected by a sensor, a master cylinder pressure sensor, and a control pressure sensor. | 04-02-2015 |
20150300429 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR A CABLE STRETCHING MACHINE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND STRETCHING MACHINE USING SAID DEVICE - Safety device for a stretching machine of the brake type comprising a negative brake which can be selectively activated and de-activated so as to constrain and respectively allow the rotation of at least one capstan which supports cables, a pumping device connected to the negative brake and configured to de-activate the latter during the normal use of the stretching machine, putting a working fluid under pressure, pressure energy accumulation means of said working fluid, and a maximum pressure valve configured to regulate the working pressure of a hydraulic motor for controlling the twisting torque applied to the capstan. The device also comprises a motorized drive device connected to the maximum pressure valve and provided to selectively regulate the action of the latter on the hydraulic motor, even in a breakdown condition of at least the pumping device, in order to maintain the working pressure of the hydraulic motor and to maintain the negative brake de-activated by the intervention of the pressure energy accumulation means. | 10-22-2015 |
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