Patents Assigned to Nippon A B S, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5570936
    Abstract: A fluid pressure control method of an anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle, wherein the anti-skid control apparatus includes a tandem master cylinder, wheel cylinders of wheels, wheel speed sensors associated with the respective wheels, a control unit receiving the outputs of the wheel speed sensors for judging skid conditions of the respective wheels, and fluid pressure control valves arranged between the tandem master cylinder and the respective wheels, which receive instructions from the control unit for controlling brake fluid pressures of the respective wheels. The control unit supplies brake-decreasing instructions and brake-holding instructions independently to the ones of the fluid-pressure control valves for the front wheels, controls the others of the fluid-pressure control valves for the rear wheels by the diagonal "Select Low" between the skid conditions of the respective rear wheels and respective front wheels diagonally connected to the respective rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunao Ohmori, Motoo Yokota
  • Patent number: 5150950
    Abstract: In a fluid-pressure control apparatus for anti-skid control apparatus, including a control unit for generating brake control signals corresponding to the rotational behaviors of the respective wheels and valve control signals on the basis of the 2 outputs of the wheel speed sensors; and fluid pressure control valves arranged in the respective brake conduit systems and operated by the valve control signals the brake control signals from the front wheels are preferentially used to those from the rear wheels as the valve control signals in the respective brake conduit systems, and when the brake control signal is generated fron any one of the front wheels, the fluid pressure control valve in the one brake conduit system to which the one front wheel belongs, is operated by using the brake control signal as the valve control signal; and when the brake control signal is generated from any one of the rear wheels, the fluid pressure control valve in the one brake conduit system to which the one rear wheel belongs, is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon A B S Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Arikawa, Toshiyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 5141296
    Abstract: A fluid pressure brake control apparatus for controlling braking-slip and driving-slip of wheels includes fluid pressure control valves, a fluid pressure pump and a valve apparatus arranged between the fluid pressure control valves and the master cylinder, and between the fluid pressure control valves and a fluid pressure source. In a first condition the fluid pressure valving is connected with the master cylinder while being cut off from the fluid pressure source. In a second condition the fluid pressure control valving is connected with the fluid pressure source while being cut off from the master cylinder. In a third condition the fluid pressure control valving is cut off from both the master cylinder and the fluid pressure source. The apparatus assumes the second condition during driving-slip control and supplies to the fluid pressure source the pressurized brake fluid discharged from the fluid pressure pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 5127501
    Abstract: A brake adjusting apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine brake detector for detecting that the engine brake is applied; a drive wheel speed detector for detecting speed or acceleration of a drive wheel; a reference drive wheel speed setting circuit for setting a reference drive wheel speed or reference drive wheel acceleration to be compared with the output of the drive wheel speed detector; and an idle speed controller for controlling an idle speed of the engine, wherein the idle speed controller is so adjusted that the drive wheel is rotated at the reference drive wheel speed or the reference drive wheel acceleration, when engine brake application is detected by the engine brake detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon A B S Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 5118168
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle includes fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders of the front wheels, respectively, and a control unit receiving outputs of wheel speed sensors for measuring or judging the skid conditions of the front and rear wheels and for generating instructions for controlling the fluid pressure control valve devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 5026127
    Abstract: A control unit for judges braking slip and/or driving slip of front and rear wheels. Fluid pressure control valve devices receive instructions from the control unit for controlling brake fluid pressure of the front and rear wheel brake apparatuses. A first fluid pressure pump pressurizes and supplies brake fluid from hydraulic reservoirs into main conduits connecting a tandem master cylinder with the fluid pressure control valve devices. A first valve device is arranged between the tandem master cylinder and the first fluid pressure pump in the main conduit means connected through the fluid pressure control valve devices to front and/or rear brake apparatuses. The first valve device is normally in free communication and changed over into a position to prohibit brake fluid to flow from the discharging side of the first fluid pressure pump towards the master cylinder side under a first predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon A.B.S., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 5011235
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle includes fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between a tandem master cylinder and the front wheels of the vehicle, and a control unit receiving outputs of wheel speed sensors to assess skid conditions of the wheels and to control the valve devices. The apparatus discriminates between "low side" and "high side" of the road by assessing skid conditions of either the rear wheels or the front wheels. The braking pressure of the rear or front wheel that is on the low side and that of the wheel connected diagonally to it are controlled in either a "select-high" or a "select-low" manner, and the pressures of the other diagonally opposite wheels are controlled in the opposite manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4986612
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control apparatus for a vehicle includes a fluid pressure control valve device arranged between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder, receiving control signals from a control unit measuring the skid condition of the wheel to control the brake fluid pressure to the wheel cylinder. A hydraulic reservoir stores the brake fluid discharged through the fluid pressure control valve device from the wheel cylinder and a pressure fluid supply conduit connects the master cylinder with the fluid pressure control valve device. A fluid pump returns the brake fluid from the hydraulic reservoir into the pressure fluid supply conduit and a valve apparatus is arranged in a conduit connecting the discharge side of the fluid pump with the master cylinder side, in the pressure fluid supply conduit. The valve apparatus takes a first position connecting both sides and a second position that cuts off the fluid flow from the discharging side of the fluid pump toward the master cylinder side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4971401
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle having a brake system in which the front wheels are diagonally connected with the rear wheels, including a fluid pressure control valve device arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders of the front wheels and a valve apparatus arranged between the wheel cylinder of the front wheels and those of the rear wheels. Fluid pressure is supplied to the rear wheels in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressure onf the front wheels controlled by the fluid pressure control valve devices. The measuring or judging results of the skid conditions of the front and rear wheels on the same side of the vehicle are logically combined with each other to control the fluid pressure control valve devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4921313
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle braking system in which wheel cylinders for front and rear wheels are diagonally connected in conduits includes a first fluid pressure control valve device for controlling the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder of one of the front wheels or rear wheels is arranged between a first fluid pressure generating chamber of a tandem master cylinder and said wheel cylinder of the one front or rear wheel. A second fluid pressure control valve device for controlling the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder of another of the front wheels or rear wheels is arranged between a second fluid pressure generating chamber of said tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinder of the other front or rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon A.B.S., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4893880
    Abstract: In an anti-skid control apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle, fluid pressure control valve devices are arranged in the respective brake conduits, and a control unit determines which side of the road has a lower coefficient of friction. This side is called the low side. The fluid pressure control valve device connected to the one front wheel on the low side effects brake relieving control on the basis of the brake relieving signal of the one of the front and rear wheels on the low side which has generated the brake relieving signal sooner than the other. In the alternative, it effects brake relieving control on the basis of the brake relieving signal of the one or ones of the front wheels on the low side of the rear wheels which has generated the brake relieving signal sooner than the other or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4854649
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus includes a master cylinder, a fluid pressure control valve for controlling fluid pressures of wheel cylinders connected to one of two brake conduit circuits, and a valve apparatus for controlling fluid pressure of wheel cylinders connected to the other of the two brake conduit circuits. The valve apparatus includes a casing having first and second input ports, an output port, a piston, a control chamber and a volume chamber formed at both sides of the piston. A valve part is disposed between the first input port and the volume chamber, the first input port being connected to one fluid pressure generating chamber of the master cylinder and the output port being connected to the wheel cylinders that are connected to the other of the two brake conduit circuits. A changeover valve is connected to the second input port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4836620
    Abstract: Anti-skid control apparatus includes wheel speed sensors for front and rear wheels. First and second fluid pressure control valve devices control brake fluid pressures of wheel cylinders of the front and rear wheels, arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders respectively. A control unit receives outputs of the sensors for measuring or judging the skid conditions of the wheels and for generating instructions for controlling the valve devices. A valve apparatus generates fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels controlled with the valve devices arranged between the wheel cylinders of the front wheels and those of the rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4834466
    Abstract: In an anti-skid control apparatus which includes two independent conduit systems having diagonally connected brake conduits for a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, fluid pressure control valve devices are arranged in the respective brake conduits and a valve apparatus for generating a fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels is controlled by the fluid pressure control valve device. The valve apparatus is disposed between the wheel cylinders of the front wheels and those of the rear wheels. The one fluid pressure control valve device for the one front wheel running on the low side is normally controlled by conbining logically the signals indicating the skid conditions of the rear wheels with the signals indicating the skid conditions of the one front wheel on the low side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4805967
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle braking system includes a fluid pressure control valve arranged between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder of a wheel brake apparatus, and receiving instructions from a control unit for judging or measuring skid conditions of wheels to control brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder. The apparatus includes a hydraulic reservoir for reserving brake fluid discharged through the fluid pressure control valve from the wheel cylinder to lower the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder with the control of the fluid pressure control valve and a fluid pressure pump for pressurizing the discharged brake fluid of the hydraulic reservoir and supplying the pressurized brake fluid into a conduit between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4793662
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle braking system includes first and second fluid pressure control valve devices for controlling the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinders of the front and rear wheels each arranged between respective fluid pressure generating chamber of a tandem master cylinder and the associated wheel cylinder of the associated front or rear wheel; first and second wheel speed sensors associated with the front or rear wheels, respectively; and a third wheel speed sensor associated in common with the rear or front wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4783126
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for diagonally connected vehicle wheels including control valve devices arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders of the front wheels, respectively, and a control unit receiving outputs of speed sensors for judging the skid conditions of the wheels and for instructing the control valve devices. The control unit determines the frictionally lower side of the road on which the wheels are running, and combines logically the judging result of the skid condition of the rear wheel running on that side of the road, with that of the front wheel running on that side. The apparatus then generates instructions for controlling the first or second valve device for the corresponding front wheel, and for controlling the second or first valve device for the other front wheel, on the basis of judging the skid condition of the other front wheel running on the other side of the road independently of the rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4776644
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle braking system in which front and rear wheels are diagonally connected, includes fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and brake apparatus for supplying a fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels controlled by the fluid pressure control valve devices. A control unit discriminates the side of the road having the lower frictional coefficient. The control signals of the front and rear wheels on the discriminated frictionally lower side of the road are combined logically with each other to control the first or second fluid pressure control valve devices so that the brake fluid pressures of the front and rear wheels on the frictionally lower side of the road and of the rear wheel on the frictionally higher of the road side are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4753493
    Abstract: An anti-skid control apparatus including front and rear wheels diagonally connected with each other; fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between a tandem master cylinder and the wheels; a control unit; and a valve apparatus for generating a fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the pressures of the front wheels. The control unit logically combines the judging results of the skid conditions of the front wheels with judging results of the skid conditions of the rear wheels located at the same side of the road to generate the instructions for controlling the fluid pressure control valve devices. A decrease instruction for decreasing the brake fluid pressure is formed by the logical sum of first skid conditions as the judging results of the front and rear wheels. An increase instruction for increasing the brake fluid pressure, after the decrease instruction disappears, is formed on the basis of the one of the front and rear wheels which are most likely to lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa
  • Patent number: 4744610
    Abstract: A pair of front wheels are diagonally connected with a pair of rear wheels. A first fluid pressure control valve device is arranged between a first fluid pressure generating chamber of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinder of one of the front wheels; a second fluid pressure control valve device is arranged between a second fluid pressure generating chamber of the tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinder of the other of the front wheels. A valve apparatus, arranged between the wheel cylinders of the front wheels and the wheel cylinders of the rear wheels, supplies a fluid pressure to the rear wheels in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels as controlled by the fluid pressure control valve devices. The valve apparatus includes a pair of valve parts, and a piston or piston group, including a pair of fluid pressure receiving portions or piston members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon A B S, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Arikawa