Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a target driving force calculator that calculates a target driving force of a vehicle, an arithmetic operator that calculates a request driving force and a request braking force, and a stop keeping processor that keeps the vehicle in a stopped state by increasing a brake fluid pressure so that a braking force becomes equal to or larger than a stop keeping braking force. The arithmetic operator executes a pressure pre-increasing process for pre-increasing the brake fluid pressure before a stop timing and setting, as the request driving force, a cancellation driving force for canceling a braking force for pressure pre-increase, and controls, in the pressure pre-increasing process, the request braking force so that the braking force for the pressure pre-increase is increased within a range in which the braking force does not exceed a braking force threshold smaller than the stop keeping braking force.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electric booster brake apparatus including an electric booster unit, an electronic stability control (ESC) operating unit, and an electric-booster control unit. The electric booster unit has a motor, and a motor piston and a master cylinder and pressurizes the master cylinder by adjusting a displacement of the motor piston. The ESC operating unit includes a pressure sensor measuring pressure in the master cylinder and calculates a required braking pressure. The electric-booster control unit controls the position of the motor piston. The electric-booster control unit includes a feedforward control unit for converting the value of the required braking pressure into a motor piston displacement, and a feedback control unit for calculating a compensation displacement of the motor piston based on a difference between the value of the required braking pressure and the value of the pressure in the master cylinder.

Abstract: Provided is a work machine capable of effectively discharging air from a hydraulic circuit of a winch unit capable of applying braking to a winch drum by receiving a working oil. The work machine includes: a winch unit having a winch drum, a winch motor, a cylinder portion and a clutch portion; a hydraulic sources; a braking operating unit; a brake valve; a connecting portion; and a throttle portion. The throttle portion includes an opening having an opening diameter that is set so as to hold a pressure in a positive oil chamber for generating a brake force applied to the winch drum and to discharge a working oil from the positive oil chamber.

Abstract: An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system and method for increasing the brake pressure in a first wheel brake cylinder and for limiting the brake pressure in a second wheel brake cylinder of a vehicle brake system. The method includes increasing a first brake pressure in the first wheel brake cylinder by controlling/holding a wheel inlet valve in its open state and controlling/holding a first wheel outlet valve in its closed state, and limiting an increase of a second brake pressure in the second wheel brake cylinder during the transfer of brake fluid into the first wheel brake cylinder by controlling/holding a second wheel inlet valve in its closed state and controlling a second wheel outlet valve into its open state. The second wheel outlet valve is controlled with a pulse width-modulated signal so that during the transfer of brake fluid, the second wheel outlet valve is permanently in its open state.

Abstract: A Hydraulic braking system is for braking a vehicle wheel according to a braking pressure control that includes a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor for hydraulic pressure generation, an electronic control unit for the determination of at least one control error, based on a measured actual braking pressure compared with a pressure demand setpoint, which controls at least one actuator for a pressure increase and/or a pressure reduction of the actual braking pressure to adjust to the pressure demand setpoint. Furthermore, a method is provided for braking a vehicle wheel according to this braking pressure control and a related computer program product.

Abstract: An electronic hydraulic brake device includes a main braking unit configured to provide a braking fluid to a plurality of wheel cylinder units by driving of a motor; a storage unit connected to the main braking unit and configured to store the braking fluid; and an auxiliary braking unit connected to the main braking unit and the storage unit and configured to provide the braking fluid to some of the plurality of wheel cylinder units when an operation error of the main braking unit occurs, so that braking of a vehicle may be stably performed by the auxiliary braking unit even though the operation error of the main braking unit occurs.

Abstract: A system for recharging a railcar air-brake system for a road-rail vehicle, including a rail-capable material handler, adapted or modified for transporting an at least one railcar that permits an air compression system to provide a near-constant low-volume airflow to recharge the respective air-brake systems without requiring the road-rail vehicle to be driven. The system can generally comprise a hydraulic pump, an air compressor, and at least one railcar air-brake system. The system can be adapted for recharging railcar air-brake systems for a road-rail vehicle adapted for transporting at least two railcars that does not significantly diminish the utility of the road-rail vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle has a frame, a straddle seat, front right and left wheels, a rear wheel, a steering assembly, a motor, front right and left brakes, a rear brake, and an electronic brake control unit. The electronic brake control unit has a pump, a valve box and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is electronically connected to the pump, and valves of the valve box for controlling their operation. A hand brake lever actuates a first master cylinder and thereby actuates the front brakes through the valve box. A foot brake lever actuates a second master cylinder and thereby actuates the rear brake through the valve box.

Abstract: A braking force control apparatus has an upstream braking actuator for generating an upstream pressure common to four wheels, a downstream braking actuator individually controlling braking pressures supplied to braking force generating devices of the wheels using the upstream pressure, and a control unit. When the downstream braking actuator is abnormal and the upstream pressure can be supplied to the braking force generating devices, but a braking pressure of any one of the wheels cannot be normally reduced, the control unit selects higher one of the target braking pressures of the left and right front wheels and higher one of the left and right rear wheels, determines lower one of the two selected target braking pressures as a backup target upstream pressure, and controls the upstream braking actuator such that the upstream pressure becomes the backup target upstream pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic brake system that includes a master cylinder unit including a master cylinder to which a master cylinder reservoir coupled to generate a hydraulic pressure, a hydraulic block provided with a hydraulic pressure supply device to generate the hydraulic pressure by an electrical signal outputted in response to a displacement of a brake pedal and a hydraulic control unit to transmit the hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders provided in each wheel, and disposed to be separated from the master cylinder unit, a hydraulic block reservoir coupled to the hydraulic block, and a connection hose to connect the master cylinder reservoir and the hydraulic block reservoir.

Abstract: An emergency braking method for aircraft, comprising using a progressing parking brake controlled by a lever (10) that can be actuated by the pilot between a “0%” position in which the brakes are connected to the return pressure of the aircraft, and a “100%” position in which the brakes are connected to the feed pressure of the aircraft, the lever being blockable in the 100% position in order to provide parking braking when the aircraft is stationary.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic braking system includes a main casing. A hydraulic unit brake master cylinder is provided in the main casing. An outer end of a piston rod of the brake master cylinder is connected to an output top rod. Another end of the output top rod is provided with an input rod. The input rod is slidably connected in the main casing along only a length direction of the input rod, and another end of the input rod is provided with a push rod that is configured to transmit a brake pedal force. The main casing is further provided therein with a reset member configured to push the push rod away from the brake master cylinder to reset and a displacement sensor configured to sense a displacement of the push rod. The input rod and the output top rod include a spacing state and an abutment state.

Abstract: A multiple-circuit hydraulically open braking system, for a highly automated or autonomous vehicle, includes at least two wheel brakes each assigned to a braking circuit having a pressure relief path, two multiple-circuit pressure generators hydraulically connected in series between a fluid container and the at least two wheel brakes, and a hydraulic unit for hydraulically connecting the pressure generator to the at least two wheel brakes and for individual brake pressure modulation in the at least two wheel brakes. A first pressure generator is configured as a plunger system and is assigned to a main system having a first energy supply and a first evaluation and control unit. A second pressure generator is configured as a second plunger system or as a pump system and is assigned to a secondary system having a second energy supply that is independent from the first energy supply and a second evaluation and control unit.

Abstract: A brake system capable of accurately controlling a braking force includes a first and second brake devices that have different control accuracies, and a brake control device that controls a braking force of the first and second braking devices according to a required braking force. The brake control device has a first control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is controlled to be smaller than the braking force of the second brake device, and a second control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is increased rather than the first control mode. The second brake device is controlled so that a sum of the braking force of the first brake device and the braking force of the second brake device matches the required braking force.

Abstract: A motor vehicle brake system includes at least four hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes, a main pressure medium reservoir, at atmospheric pressure, a first electrohydraulic brake control device, which, for each of the four wheel brakes, includes a wheel-specific outlet, and a second electrohydraulic brake control device, which, for each of the four wheel brakes, includes a wheel-specific inlet, connected to the wheel-specific outlet of the first brake control device, a wheel-specific wheel outlet, connected to the wheel brake, and a hydraulic wheel connecting line, connecting the inlet to the wheel outlet. The second brake control device includes a first pump with a first pressure side and first suction side. The first pressure side connected to a first and second wheel connecting line, and a second pump with a second pressure side and second suction side. The second pressure side connected to the third and the fourth wheel connecting line.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor vehicle brake system comprises a vehicle dynamic control system which comprises a first brake circuit which acts on at least one first wheel brake, and a second brake circuit which acts on at least one second wheel brake, the first brake circuit comprising a first hydraulic pressure generator and the second brake circuit comprising a second hydraulic pressure generator, which can be actuated electrically for control interventions. Furthermore, the hydraulic motor vehicle brake system comprises an electrically actuable third hydraulic pressure generator, and a controller which is configured to detect failure of at least one of the two brake circuits and a requirement of a control intervention on the at least one brake circuit, to actuate at least the third hydraulic pressure generator for assisting the control intervention.

Abstract: The braking device is provided with an electromagnetic valve, which is an example of a device to be controlled, and a valve control unit for driving the electromagnetic valve by means of PWM control. When driving the electromagnetic valve by inputting a drive signal to the electromagnetic valve, the valve control unit changes the frequency of the drive signal within a frequency range. Note that the width of the frequency range is set on the basis of the minimum audible field among equal-loudness contours.

Abstract: A multiple-circuit, hydraulically open brake has two single-circuit pressure generators hydraulically connected in parallel between at least one fluid container and at least two wheel brakes and a modulation unit for individual brake pressure modulation in the at least two wheel brakes. A first pressure generator is assigned to a main system which has a first energy supply and a first evaluation and control unit, and a second single-circuit pressure generator is assigned to a secondary system, which has a second energy supply which is independent of the first energy supply, and a second evaluation and control unit. The second evaluation and control unit controls the second pressure generator. Components of the modulation unit are assigned to the main system so that the modulation unit and the first pressure generator are controlled by the first evaluation and control unit and supplied with energy by the first energy supply.

Abstract: An electronic brake system of the present disclosure is disclosed. The an electronic brake system may include a reservoir to store oil; a master cylinder having a master piston connected to a brake pedal and a master chamber for discharging oil by a displacement of the master piston; a hydraulic pressure supply apparatus generating hydraulic pressure by an electrical signal output corresponding to a displacement of the brake pedal to supply to wheel cylinders of the respective wheels; a hydraulic control unit transmitting the hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply apparatus to the wheel cylinders of the respective wheels; and a redundancy control apparatus generating hydraulic pressure using a motor and a pump to transmit to at least one of the wheel cylinders.

Abstract: A system for controlling fluid flow to and from a clutch includes a motor, a pump, and a valve assembly, which includes a housing defining an interior and a first orifice operably coupled to the pump, a second orifice operably coupled to the clutch, and a third orifice fluidly coupled to one of said first and second orifices. A piston is operably coupled to the motor, is disposed within the interior, is movable between a first position for allowing a fluid flow between the first and second orifices, a second position for obstructing the fluid flow between the first and second orifices, and a third position for limiting the fluid flow between the first and second orifices. A biasing member is coupled to the piston, and biases the piston toward the first position when the motor is off. When the pump is activated and a pressure proximate the first orifice is equal to a pressure proximate the second orifice, the motor is energized and moves the piston to the second position.

Abstract: To test a vehicle power braking system, a piston of a power brake pressure generator is displaced twice for a pressure build-up and in between back preferably by a longer distance. Extension of the piston travel during the second displacement is an indication of air in a cylinder of the power brake pressure generator due to an excessively low brake fluid level in a brake fluid reservoir.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle may include: a housing block; a plurality of buildup valve mounting parts formed in the housing block and disposed in a first row region; a plurality of reduce valve mounting parts formed in the housing block, and disposed in a second row region formed under the buildup valve mounting parts; a wheel cylinder port formed in the housing block, disposed above the buildup valve mounting parts, and connected to a wheel cylinder; a master cylinder port formed in the housing block, disposed above the buildup valve mounting parts, and connected to a master cylinder; a pump port formed in the housing block, and disposed under the buildup valve mounting parts; and one or more damper units formed in the housing block, and disposed among the buildup valve mounting parts, the wheel cylinder port and the master cylinder port.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a braking pressure of a powered booster brake system, the apparatus including a pedal stroke sensor configured to detect a manipulation degree of a brake pedal; an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to calculate a braking pressure using the detection result of the pedal stroke sensor; and a motor configured to move a piston inside a pump to perform a braking operation under control of the ECU, wherein the ECU determines a first position of the piston, which corresponds to the braking pressure, and controls the motor on the basis of a position of the piston.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a zero position of a brake pedal of a brake system of a motor vehicle. A separating valve arranged at least between a main brake cylinder and the respective wheel brakes of the brake system is opened in order to reduce a volume of the brake fluid in a secondary circuit of the brake system. At least one separating valve is then closed again after the volume of the brake fluid of the secondary circuit has been reduced by the predetermined volume amount, and the brake pedal is moved to a new zero position.

Abstract: A piston pump is disclosed suitable to be installed on machines for dispensing fluid products, comprising a jacket, a piston device mobile with alternate motion inside said jacket and comprising a rod and a head. The pump also comprises a pipe for fluids to enter and a pipe for fluids to exit, said pipes being disposed on the same side of the jacket and on opposite sides with respect to the piston device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling kick-back in an electric booster type brake system capable of reducing a kick-back phenomenon in which a hitting force is transmitted to a brake pedal due to a difference between a high braking hydraulic pressure already generated in a power piston of a second master cylinder by driving a motor and a low braking hydraulic pressure generated in a first master cylinder when a driver steps on a brake pedal, in a fall back situation in which electric power is not smoothly supplied to the motor due to a low voltage of a battery.

Abstract: An automatic braking system including: a control unit for controlling at least some of the brakes of a vehicle; and a contact sensor for detecting an impact.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it provides an electronic brake system including a pedal simulator configured to provide a reaction force according to a pedal force of a brake pedal, an actuator configured to generate a hydraulic pressure using an actuator piston that operates by an electrical signal output corresponding to a displacement of the brake pedal and including a first chamber provided at one side of the actuator piston movably accommodated in an actuator cylinder and connected to one or more wheel cylinders and a second chamber provided at the other side of the actuator piston and connected to one or more wheel cylinders, a first hydraulic circuit including first and second inlet flow channels branched from a first hydraulic flow channel configured to communicate with the first chamber to be connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively a second hydraulic circuit including third and fourth inlet flow channels branched from a second hydraulic flow channel configured to communicate

Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control unit that can improve cost performance of a brake system is obtained. A brake system that includes such a brake fluid pressure control unit and a motorcycle are also obtained. A brake fluid pressure control unit 50 includes: an inlet valve 21 provided in a primary channel 14; an outlet valve 22 provided in a secondary channel 15; a pressurizing/transferring mechanism 25 provided on a downstream side of the outlet valve 22 in the secondary channel 15 and pressurizing and transferring a brake fluid in the secondary channel 15; and a controller 51 for executing a fluid pressure control operation of the brake fluid in a wheel cylinder 13, and a power source of the pressurizing/transferring mechanism 25 is a drive mechanism 103 of the motorcycle 100, the drive mechanism 103 being driven in a state where the fluid pressure control operation by the controller 51 is not executed.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake device includes (a) a master fluid passage for supplying a working fluid from a master cylinder to a wheel brake, (b) a master shut-off valve provided in the master fluid passage, (c) a return fluid passage, (d) a return passage opening valve provided in the return fluid passage, (e) an electromagnetic control valve provided in the return fluid passage and configured to control a flow of the working fluid or to allow a flow of the working fluid without controlling, and (f) a stroke simulator having first and second fluid chambers defined by a partition member, the first fluid chamber being connected to the master fluid passage between the master shut-off valve and the master cylinder, the second fluid chamber being connected to the return fluid passage on one on opposite sides of the return passage opening valve that is nearer to the wheel brake.

Abstract: In an electric motor-pump assembly, two working diaphragms, each delimiting a working chamber, are cyclically driven by a crank drive via connecting rods. The crank drive includes eccentrics for each connecting rod, which are placed on an axial bearing journal in the extension of an output shaft of an electric motor. In order to ensure a rotationally fixed connection between the eccentrics and the bearing journal to be produced and in order to ensure an angularly precise position of the two eccentrics, each of the eccentrics is connected to the bearing journal by a positively locking engagement.

Abstract: A brake booster system for assisting a braking operation of a motor vehicle having a brake booster is provided. The brake booster system may include a pressure piston of a brake master cylinder, an actuating element which is configured for deflecting the pressure piston, and a brake booster which is divided into two chambers by way of a diaphragm, the first chamber is connected to the pressure piston and has a pressure p1 and the second chamber is connected to the actuating element and has a pressure p2. Furthermore, in the brake booster system, there is a pressure build up apparatus which is configured to raise the pressure p2 above the pressure p1 by way of said pressure build up apparatus.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip controller of a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes an electric motor, a plurality of hydraulic pumps, a hydraulic block, a plurality of solenoid valves, a rotation angle sensor, an electronic control unit, and a valve cover. The electric motor is positioned on a narrow side of the hydraulic block, and is configured to drive the hydraulic pumps. The electronic control unit includes a contacting mechanism, and is positioned in the valve cover. The electric motor and the solenoid valves are arranged so that the electric motor and electromagnets of the solenoid valves protrude to approximately a same extent from the hydraulic block to enable simple commutation with the rotation angle sensor and the contacting mechanism of the electronic control unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle brake system including a brake assembly providing a service brake and a parking brake having a brake disc assembly in common, a service brake circuit, a parking brake circuit, and a brake control arrangement adapted to control the service brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between a pressurising arrangement and the service brake via the service brake circuit, the brake control arrangement further being adapted to control the parking brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between the pressurising arrangement and the parking brake via the parking brake circuit, and by selectively draining the parking brake circuit, wherein the vehicle brake system includes a draining circuit adapted to drain the service brake circuit to avoid overload of the brake disc assembly.

Abstract: A brake ECU of a vehicle braking control device, during execution of brake pressurization control, performs actuation restriction control that restricts actuation of a motor as an arbitrary upstream fluid pressure (M/C pressure) that is the brake pressure input from the M/C side of the brake fluid pressure control actuator becomes higher. The brake ECU has a threshold value changing unit that sets at least the starting threshold value at a high level when the upstream fluid pressure (M/C pressure) is high compared to when low, and as actuation restriction control actuates the motor to pump out the brake fluid from inside of the reservoirs when the reservoir fluid volume exceeds the starting threshold value, and stops the motor when the reservoir fluid volume equals the stop threshold value.

Abstract: An electric brake system is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electric brake system and a control method thereof. The electric brake system with a hydraulic control device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by an electrical signal that is output in response to a displacement of a brake pedal, the electric brake system including a pedal stroke sensor portion configured to measure a movement distance of the brake pedal and a variation of the movement distance; and a controller configured to determine an initial braking intent from a driver on the basis of the measured movement distance of the brake pedal and the measured variation of the movement distance, and perform initial braking control when the initial braking intent from the driver is determined.

Abstract: In a method, a brake torque signal provided by an electronic control unit of an anti-lock braking system is validated. The brake torque signal is enabled for use as a brake event input signal upon being successfully validated for diagnostic and control routines of the vehicle that use the brake torque signal as a brake event input signal. If the brake torque signal fails validation, it is disabled for such use. The brake torque signal is validated by first rationalizing a brake pedal position signal and a master cylinder pressure signal. Once the brake pedal position signal is successfully rationalized with the master cylinder pressure signal, the brake pedal position signal is rationalized with the brake torque signal. The brake torque signal is successfully validated when both rationalizations are successful. The validation fails if either rationalization fails.

Abstract: An electric brake system comprising: a master cylinder configured to a reservoir storing oil therein and configured to generate hydraulic pressure according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a cut valve installed at a backup flow path connecting the master cylinder to a wheel cylinder; a simulation device including a simulation chamber connected to the master cylinder at a front end of the cut valve to provide a reaction force according to the pedal effort of the brake pedal, a simulation valve provided at a flow path connecting the master cylinder to the simulation chamber; a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to operate in response to an electrical signal of a pedal displacement sensor sensing a displacement of the brake pedal, and a damping member provided at a flow path connecting the hydraulic pressure chamber to the front end of the cut valve, wherein the damping member delivers a pressure pulsation generated in the hydraulic pressure chamber to the brake pedal in an anti-lock brake system (A

Abstract: In a vehicular brake device, while a brake operating member is not operated and a wheel cylinder pressure supplying control is executed to supply the target wheel cylinder pressure to the respective wheel cylinders individually, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to a first predetermined target servo pressure which is a value smaller than a maximum output pressure of the servo pressure generating device. When the execution of the wheel cylinder pressure supplying control starts, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to be the target wheel cylinder maximum value when a firstly occurred rising inclination of the target wheel cylinder maximum value is equal to or more than a minimum increment of an output of the servo pressure generating device per unit time and at the same time when the target wheel cylinder pressure is smaller than the first determined target servo pressure.

Abstract: A method for operating a service brake system in a vehicle is described. The method includes the stages of determining whether the vehicle is stationary, and detecting whether the brake pressure exceeds a predetermined value in that stationary state. If the brake pressure value exceeds the predetermined value, as part of final stage, the method includes regulating the brake pressure to a predefined limiting value, where the predefined limiting value is sufficient to maintain the vehicle in that stationary state.

Abstract: A cell stack comprising an electrochemical cell, or a plurality of axially arranged electrochemical cells, with an end plate at each end of the stack, each cell comprising an active area surrounded by a peripheral area, wherein the active area comprises the membrane electrode assembly, and the peripheral area includes one or more channels for reactants, and wherein the stack comprises means for applying pressure axially to the active area to contact the membrane and electrodes, and separate means for applying pressure axially to the peripheral area. Further, a method of performing an electrochemical reaction in a cell comprising an active area surrounded by a peripheral area, comprises applying pressure to the active area, and varying the pressure during operation of the cell, wherein the active area includes the membrane electrode assembly and is the area where the cell reaction occurs.

Abstract: An electric brake system is disclosed. The electric brake system comprises a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a hydraulic piston which is activated by means of an electrical signal that is output corresponding to a displacement of a brake pedal, and including a cylinder block, first and second hydraulic pistons movably accommodated inside the cylinder block, and first and second pressure chambers comparted by the first and second hydraulic pistons, a first hydraulic circuit configured to connect a first hydraulic flow path communicating with the first pressure chamber to one or more wheel cylinders, a second hydraulic circuit configured to connect a second hydraulic flow path communicating with the second pressure chamber to one or more wheel cylinders, and a balance valve configured to open and close a balance flow path connecting the first hydraulic flow path to the second hydraulic flow path.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle braking system including an electronic device to control at least one first hydraulic component and second hydraulic component of the braking system so that a first brake pressure in at least one first wheel brake cylinder of a first brake circuit of the braking system is settable corresponding to a predefined first setpoint brake pressure or a setpoint brake pressure profile, and a second brake pressure is settable in at least one second wheel brake cylinder of a second brake circuit of the braking system corresponding to a predefined second setpoint brake pressure or setpoint brake pressure profile, the electronic device being configured to select an operating mode to be performed from at least two workable operating modes based on at least one provided specified variable. Also described is a braking system for a vehicle and a method for operating a vehicle braking system.

Abstract: An electric brake system is disclosed.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a computer. The computer is programmed to command application of one of up to a predetermined steering torque value and up to a predetermined net asymmetric braking force value. Each predetermined force is selected to achieve a predetermined vehicle yaw torque that is at most the lesser of a first maximum yaw torque resulting from actuating a steering system and a second maximum yaw torque resulting from actuating a brake system.

Abstract: A movement control device for a vehicle comprises a yaw-acceleration calculation portion to calculate a target yaw acceleration of the vehicle, a turn-back steering determination portion to determine whether a turn-back steering of the vehicle is conducted or not, and a drive-force control portion to a drive force of the vehicle. The control of the drive-force control portion is configured such that when the turn-back steering is not conducted, the amount of drive-force decreasing is increased with a specified increasing rate as the target yaw acceleration increases, the specified increasing rate becoming smaller as the target yaw acceleration increases, and when the turn-back steering is conducted, the drive force is increased in a case in which an absolute value of a steering angle of the vehicle decreases.

Abstract: A brake unit (1) includes: a master cylinder (2) unit which is fixed to a vehicle body, and which includes a master cylinder (2b) that is received within a first housing (20), and that is arranged to be interlocked with a brake pedal; and a pump unit (3) which is arranged to be driven by a motor (3), and which includes a second housing (30) within which a pump arranged to increase a wheel cylinder pressure is received, the master cylinder unit (2) and the pump unit (3) being integrally fixed through a mount (6) which is an elastic member.

Abstract: A master cylinder for a hydraulic brake system or clutch system, in particular of a vehicle steered by handlebars, in particular of a bicycle, includes a housing containing a piston chamber. The housing accommodates a piston slidable therein and a pressure chamber. A compensating chamber communicates with the pressure chamber through at least one compensating bore. The housing has an attachment portion for attachment to a handlebar tube and the compensating chamber extends to the attachment portion and has a separating member for separating the hydraulic fluid from a compensating volume. The attachment portion has a clamping part made and arranged to attach the separating member to the attachment portion.