Abstract: A hydraulic brake system includes: a plurality of hydraulic brakes respectively provided for a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, each of which is configured to reduce rotation of a corresponding one of the wheels by a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic-pressure chamber of a wheel cylinder; and a plurality of electric cylinder devices each of which is provided for one or more of the plurality of hydraulic brakes. Each electric cylinder device includes: a housing; a piston fluid-tightly and slidably disposed in the housing; an electric motor as a drive source; a rotation-linear motion converting mechanism configured to convert a rotational motion of the electric motor to a linear motion of the piston; and a volume change chamber disposed forward of the piston and connected to the hydraulic-pressure chamber of the wheel cylinder of each of the one or more of the plurality of hydraulic brakes.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle includes a fluid supply portion that supplies a fluid to a wheel cylinder utilizing the fluid in a reservoir and is configured such that a piston presses brake pads against a disc rotor to apply a braking force to a wheel. The brake device includes: a fluid level sensor configured to measure a value of a fluid level in the reservoir and a controller including one or more processors and configured to: estimate a wear amount of the brake pads based on a result of measurement by the fluid level sensor; estimate a heat generation amount of the brake pads based on the result of measurement; and determine whether a fluid leakage is occurring based on i) an amount of change in the fluid level that is based on the result of the measurement, ii) the wear amount, and iii) the heat generation amount.

Abstract: A control device executes caster angle change control for controlling a driving force applying device or each of the driving force applying device and a braking force applying device to reduce a caster angle of a steered tire-wheel assembly when a steering request is received in a stopped state or in a creeping state without exceeding a predetermined vehicle speed at a point starting from the stopped state. In the caster angle change control, the control device applies, to one tire-wheel assembly out of a front tire-wheel assembly and a rear tire-wheel assembly, a driving force in a direction toward the other tire-wheel assembly and applies, to the other tire-wheel assembly, a braking force or a driving force in a direction toward the one tire-wheel assembly to achieve the stopped state or the creeping state in response to a request for acceleration or deceleration.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system including a regenerative cooperative control device configured to control a regenerative brake device that applies a regenerative braking force to one of front and rear wheels and/or a friction brake device that applies a friction braking force to the front and rear wheels. After the regenerative braking force reaches an allowable regenerative braking force, the friction braking force applied to the other of the front and rear wheels is increased by the friction brake device up to a first friction braking force less than a braking force on an actual braking-force distribution line determined by the regenerative braking force at a time when it reaches the allowable regenerative braking force, and the friction braking forces applied to the one and the other of the front and rear wheels are subsequently increased so as to bring the friction braking forces close to the actual braking-force distribution line.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: a wheel brake device including an actuator including a piston, a working fluid chamber, an electric motor, and a piston moving mechanism; a working-fluid supply device; and a controller configured to execute: a normal brake control to control a hydraulic braking force to a magnitude corresponding to a braking request; and a parking brake control to cause the wheel brake device to be operated as a parking brake, wherein, in the parking brake control, the controller controls the wheel brake device to generate the hydraulic braking force at a start timing of an operation as the parking brake, controls the actuator to perform a lock operation in which the electric motor is operated to move the piston forward in a state in which the hydraulic braking force is generated, and controls the wheel brake device to release the hydraulic braking force after the lock operation.

Abstract: A brake actuator includes: a housing; an electric motor with a hollow motor shaft rotating; a rotating shaft disposed inside the motor shaft to be coaxial therewith; a piston with a rear end disposed inside the motor shaft and a front end engaged with the friction member; a speed reduction mechanism decelerating rotation transmitted from the motor shaft and transmitting the rotation to the rotating shaft; and a motion conversion mechanism converting a rotating motion of the rotating shaft into an advancing/retracting motion of the piston. The motor shaft is rotatably supported by the housing at an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the rotating shaft is rotatably supported by an inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft via rollers at an outer peripheral surface thereof as well as by the housing via a thrust bearing at a rear end of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An electric brake actuator configured to push a friction member onto a rotary body by advancing a piston by rotating an input shaft by an electric motor, including: a torque imparting device configured to impart, to an input shaft, a torque in a direction to retract a piston based on an elastic torque of a torsion spring and including a mechanism configured to allow a first retained portion provided at one end portion of the torsion spring to be retained by another one of a plurality of first retaining portions of a stator when the elastic torque exceeds a set upper-limit torque to decrease the elastic torque; and a mechanism configured to permit a second retained portion of a rotor to be retained by a second retaining portion provided at the other end portion of the spring to prohibit the elastic torque from becoming smaller than a set lower-limit torque.

Abstract: This electric braking device for a vehicle imparts to the wheels of the vehicle a braking torque in accordance with the output of an electric motor. A vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates a command value for the output of the electric motor on the basis of the amount of operation performed on a braking operation member. A wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor on the basis of the command value. The vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates the vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed. The wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor so as to prevent an increase in slippage of the wheels on the basis of the vehicle body speed and the wheel speed.

Abstract: A brake actuator includes: a housing; an electric motor with a hollow motor shaft rotating; a rotating shaft disposed inside the motor shaft to be coaxial therewith; a piston with a rear end disposed inside the motor shaft and a front end engaged with the friction member; a speed reduction mechanism decelerating rotation transmitted from the motor shaft and transmitting the rotation to the rotating shaft; and a motion conversion mechanism converting a rotating motion of the rotating shaft into an advancing/retracting motion of the piston. The motor shaft is rotatably supported by the housing at an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the rotating shaft is rotatably supported by an inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft via rollers at an outer peripheral surface thereof as well as by the housing via a thrust bearing at a rear end of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An electric brake actuator configured to push a friction member onto a rotary body by advancing a piston by rotating an input shaft by an electric motor, including: a torque imparting device configured to impart, to an input shaft, a torque in a direction to retract a piston based on an elastic torque of a torsion spring and including a mechanism configured to allow a first retained portion provided at one end portion of the torsion spring to be retained by another one of a plurality of first retaining portions of a stator when the elastic torque exceeds a set upper-limit torque to decrease the elastic torque; and a mechanism configured to permit a second retained portion of a rotor to be retained by a second retaining portion provided at the other end portion of the spring to prohibit the elastic torque from becoming smaller than a set lower-limit torque.

Abstract: An electric brake control apparatus includes: a clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a clamping force generated by moving a piston toward a pad through rotation of a motor; a lower-limit clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a minimum value of the clamping force required to maintain a stopped state of the rotor; an upper-limit clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a maximum value of the clamping force to move the piston away from the pad through a power of a power supply while maintaining the stopped state of the rotor, based on a state of a power supply; and a clamping force control unit configured to control the motor such that the clamping force is confined between the minimum value and the maximum value.

Abstract: This electric braking device for a vehicle imparts to the wheels of the vehicle a braking torque in accordance with the output of an electric motor. A vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates a command value for the output of the electric motor on the basis of the amount of operation performed on a braking operation member. A wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor on the basis of the command value. The vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates the vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed. The wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor so as to prevent an increase in slippage of the wheels on the basis of the vehicle body speed and the wheel speed.

Abstract: An electric brake caliper, including: a caliper main body; brake pads; and an actuator including a piston, an electric motor of a rotary type, and a motion converting mechanism, wherein the motion converting mechanism includes a hollow output sleeve configured to be linearly moved to move the piston disposed at one end of the output sleeve nearer to the one of the brake pads and an input shaft disposed in the output sleeve and configured to be rotated by the electric motor, the motion converting mechanism being configured to convert rotation of the input shaft into a linear movement of the output sleeve, wherein the electric motor includes a hollow driving rotary shaft, and wherein the motion converting mechanism is disposed in the driving rotary shaft, and the input shaft includes a flange whose outer circumferential end is in mesh with an inner circumferential portion of the driving rotary shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: an electric brake device including a friction member, a rotor, a motor, and a driven member; and a wear detector including a data obtaining section to obtain a forward movement amount of the driven member and a pressing force by which the driven member presses the friction member, a detecting section to detect a contact start position of the driven member, and an estimating section to estimate a remaining thickness of the friction member, wherein the wear detector includes an uneven-wear detecting section to detect uneven wear of the friction member, by comparing: a relationship between the forward movement amount and the pressing force; and a relationship therebetween in a case where it is supposed that a thickness of the friction member is equal to the remaining thickness that would be estimated in a state in which the friction member is evenly worn.

Abstract: An electric brake control apparatus includes: a clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a clamping force generated by moving a piston toward a pad through rotation of a motor; a lower-limit clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a minimum value of the clamping force required to maintain a stopped state of the rotor; an upper-limit clamping force acquisition unit configured to acquire a maximum value of the clamping force to move the piston away from the pad through a power of a power supply while maintaining the stopped state of the rotor, based on a state of a power supply; and a clamping force control unit configured to control the motor such that the clamping force is confined between the minimum value and the maximum value.

Abstract: A vehicle brake control device generates rear wheel braking torque by an electric motor by pressing a friction member against a rotating member rotating together with the rear wheel, reduces rear wheel braking torque by controlling the electric motor based on a target energization amount calculated from a slip state quantity of the rear wheel, and rapidly stops electric motor rotation motion based on an adjusted target energization amount calculated from the target energization amount and a slip state quantity of a front wheel.

Abstract: An electric brake caliper, including: a caliper main body; brake pads; and an actuator including a piston, an electric motor of a rotary type, and a motion converting mechanism, wherein the motion converting mechanism includes a hollow output sleeve configured to be linearly moved to move the piston disposed at one end of the output sleeve nearer to the one of the brake pads and an input shaft disposed in the output sleeve and configured to be rotated by the electric motor, the motion converting mechanism being configured to convert rotation of the input shaft into a linear movement of the output sleeve, wherein the electric motor includes a hollow driving rotary shaft, and wherein the motion converting mechanism is disposed in the driving rotary shaft, and the input shaft includes a flange whose outer circumferential end is in mesh with an inner circumferential portion of the driving rotary shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: an electric brake device including a friction member, a rotor, a motor, and a driven member; and a wear detector including a data obtaining section to obtain a forward movement amount of the driven member and a pressing force by which the driven member presses the friction member, a detecting section to detect a contact start position of the driven member, and an estimating section to estimate a remaining thickness of the friction member, wherein the wear detector includes an uneven-wear detecting section to detect uneven wear of the friction member, by comparing: a relationship between the forward movement amount and the pressing force; and a relationship therebetween in a case where it is supposed that a thickness of the friction member is equal to the remaining thickness that would be estimated in a state in which the friction member is evenly worn.

Abstract: A mount member is fixed to a support member by first and second fastening members, and a caliper is mounted to the mount member by first and second guide members. A motor axis of an electric motor and an axis of a shaft member configured to press a pressing member are different from each other. The electric motor is fixed to the caliper. When viewed from an axial direction of the first guide member, the motor axis is positioned inside a fastening quadrangle having four corners corresponding to positions of respective axes of, and is perpendicular to the axis, and the motor axis is orthogonal to a plane of the fastening quadrangle. As a result, there may be provided a vehicle electric braking device in which an axial direction dimension may be reduced to suppress an amplitude caused by vibration, and components sensitive to vibration influence are appropriately arranged.

Abstract: A mount member is fixed to a support member by first and second fastening members, and a caliper is mounted to the mount member by first and second guide members. A motor axis of an electric motor and an axis of a shaft member configured to press a pressing member are different from each other. The electric motor is fixed to the caliper. When viewed from an axial direction of the first guide member, the motor axis is positioned inside a fastening quadrangle having four corners corresponding to positions of respective axes of, and is perpendicular to the axis, and the motor axis is orthogonal to a plane of the fastening quadrangle. As a result, there may be provided a vehicle electric braking device in which an axial direction dimension may be reduced to suppress an amplitude caused by vibration, and components sensitive to vibration influence are appropriately arranged.