Housing For Plural Solenoids Patents (Class 303/119.3)
  • Patent number: 8474787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, having a capsule, a valve insert that is inserted by a first end into the capsule and on its other end receives a valve body with a main valve seat. A lower valve part is axially braced on the valve insert, and a flat filter for filtering out dirt particles is connected via a retaining element to the lower valve part. According to the invention, the retaining element includes at least one component on the flat filter side and at least one corresponding component on the lower valve part side, which makes at least one partial clamping connection between the flat filter and the lower valve part. The invention further relates to a solenoid valve having such a valve cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Fink, Joerg Fricke-Schmidt, Hans-Peter Bartosch
  • Patent number: 8439455
    Abstract: A brake control system that is received in a waterproof case and can be easily assembled even when a plurality of electric wires or hydraulic pipes is connected thereto is provided. A brake control system for a vehicle is connected to hydraulic brakes through a plurality of brake pipes 116a through 116e and controls hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic brakes, wherein the brake control system is received in a case 100 having a waterproof property, a pipe supporting member 101, which enables the plurality of the brake pipes 116a through 116e to be arranged from an external side of the case 100 into the case 100, is formed on the case 100, and the pipe supporting member 101 and the case 100 are detachably attached to each other through a seal member 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosei Hayashi, Shinji Ito, Masanobu Nagasaki, Naoki Murasawa
  • Patent number: 8434520
    Abstract: A valve control unit, particularly for a pressure modulator of a commercial vehicle includes a valve control housing, solenoid valves, which are provided with solenoids and internal valve pieces inserted into the solenoids, and a pneumatic interface. The solenoids are accommodated inside the valve control housing. Pressure sensors for measuring pneumatic pressures are accommodated in or on the valve control unit, preferably on the top surface. Valve bores, into which the internal valve pieces are inserted, extend within the valve control housing. Air ducts extend between the pneumatic interface, the valve bores, and the pressure sensors, inside the valve control housing. The solenoids and pressure sensors are contacted with an electrical interface. The valve control housing can be a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Frank, Siegfried Höfler, Andreas Teichmann
  • Patent number: 8430458
    Abstract: An auxiliary braking system and method of controlling the braking a towed vehicle is provided that includes a remote control that is in selective communication with an auxiliary braking unit positioned in a towing vehicle. More specifically, it is often desirable for the operator of the towing vehicle to assess the performance of the auxiliary braking apparatus positioned in a towed vehicle. In addition, it is often advantageous for the operator to perform real time adjustments to the performance parameters of the auxiliary braking apparatus positioned in the towing vehicle without having to cease driving and physically access the auxiliary braking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Gary Kaminski, Vicki Sickler, Jonathan Gray
  • Patent number: 8371662
    Abstract: A wheel braking controller of a vehicle includes a brake lever operated by a rider, a master cylinder generating a hydraulic pressure according to an operation force of the brake lever, and a brake caliper braking a front wheel based on operation of the brake lever, a channel switching unit provided between the master cylinder and the brake caliper and switching channels of a brake fluid. A hydraulic pressure generator generates a hydraulic pressure based on operation of the brake lever and the driving state of the vehicle and controlling braking of the front wheel using the brake caliper by the hydraulic pressure. A braking controller including the channel switching unit and the hydraulic pressure generator is integrally provided on one body. The wheel braking controller so configured reduces the number of parts, and provides for easy mounting of the controller on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishikawa, Kazuya Takenouchi, Masaie Kato
  • Patent number: 8366206
    Abstract: A flange 62 having motor mounting through holes 63 is provided on a motor 6, motor mounting holes 19 are provided on a base body 1, so that motor mounting screw 61 are passed through the motor mounting through hole 63 from a back surface 1b side so as to be screwed into the motor mounting holes 19 to fix the motor 6 to the base body 1. Housing mounting holes 83 are provided on a control housing 8, housing mounting through holes 17 are formed on the base body 1 so as to be offset from portions which are in abutment with the flange 62, so that housing mounting screws 81 are passed through the housing mounting through holes 17 from the back surface 1b side so as to be screwed into the housing mounting holes 83 to fix the control housing 8 to the base body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Kodama, Motoyasu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8366208
    Abstract: A brake unit for a hydraulic, single-circuit or multi-circuit braking system of a land vehicle, with fluid on-off valves to be operated electrically, an electronic closed-loop/open-loop control circuit to provide control signals for the fluid on-off valves by which the hydraulic pressure in the brake circuits is modulated, a unit body, which consists of at least two ceramic boards connected to each other, and which has the fluid on-off valves, hydraulic connecting lines between the fluid on-off valves being incorporated in the boards, and at least one of the boards being used as the carrier board for electrical/electronic components and electrical connecting lines of the electronic open-loop/closed-loop control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Compact Dynamics GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Gründl, Bernhard Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8308149
    Abstract: The shock and vibration isolation system for hard mounting of a manifold of a brake control valve includes shock and vibration isolators that can be assembled in the mounting feet of the manifold of the brake control valve. The shock and vibration isolators have a pre-selected, predetermined natural frequency operative to protect components of the brake control valve from shock and vibration. Each of the shock and vibration isolators includes a radially inner generally spool shaped rigid insert portion and a radially outer generally spool shaped vibration insulating sheath portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hydro-Alre, Inc.
    Inventor: Ernest Blazic
  • Patent number: 8235350
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit support structure includes a bracket (40) having a slot (50) and seat surfaces formed around the slot, and a shock-absorbing member (70) attached to the hydraulic unit (10). The shock-absorbing member (70) is fitted into the slot (50) of the bracket so that the hydraulic unit is supported on the bracket by the shock-absorbing member. The shock-absorbing member has a small-diameter portion (74) inserted into the slot of the bracket and large-diameter portions (76, 78) making contact with the seat surfaces of the bracket around the slot. The slot of the bracket has an insertion-fit region (52) formed at one end of the slot in the long-axis direction and a reduced width region formed at a position spaced apart from the one end in the long-axis direction by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the small-diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Masashi Kodan, Katsuyuki Furuhata
  • Patent number: 8235472
    Abstract: A braking system for a motorcycle includes a pressure regulating unit interposed between hydraulic pressure generating unit and a wheel brake, a control unit which controls operation of the pressure regulating unit so as to regulate hydraulic pressure outputted from the hydraulic pressure generating unit and exert the regulated pressure on the wheel brake, a support fixing the pressure regulating unit to an engine body mounted on a body frame of the motorcycle, and an elastic member disposed between the support and the pressure regulating unit for reducing or preventing vibration of the engine body being transmitted to the pressure regulating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Tanabe, Noriyuki Muto
  • Patent number: 8220878
    Abstract: An electronic device including a circuit board onto which an electronic part is installed, a radiating member, and at least one fitting member that fixes the radiating member to the circuit board, the fitting member being formed with a resilient portion that is configured to produce a resilient restoring force and holds the radiating member in a state fixed to the circuit board by the resilient restoring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kumiko Yoshinaga, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 8172341
    Abstract: A vehicular anti-lock control system includes: a ground load calculation section for detecting or estimating a ground load of a wheel; a road surface friction coefficient calculation section for detecting or estimating a road surface friction coefficient; and a reference fluid pressure calculation section for calculating an upper side reference fluid pressure and a lower side reference fluid pressure in anti-lock control based on the ground load and the friction coefficient. The upper and lower side reference fluid pressures are respectively determined to be an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a fluid pressure in anti-lock control. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the amount of change in the fluid pressure during anti-lock control, thus improving the braking effect and the braking feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Osamu Yamamoto, Naoto Ohkubo, Hiromi Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8141961
    Abstract: A vehicle-use brake device for miniaturization of a base body and the simplification of brake liquid pressure passages formed in the base body. First electromagnetic open/close valves changing over communication/interruption between master cylinders which output liquid pressures due to the operation of brake operators and wheel brakes, and second electromagnetic open/close valves changing over communication/interruption between a liquid-pressure generation member which are configured to generate liquid pressures due to operations of electrically-operated actuators and the wheel brakes are arranged in the base body. An output port which is connected to a wheel brake is formed in one flat side surface of a base body, first and second electromagnetic open/close valves which arrange operational axes thereof on a first plane orthogonal to one side surface are mounted on one surface of the base body which orthogonally intersects with one side surface from the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishikawa, Kazuya Takenouchi, Masaie Kato, Shinji Takayanagi, Yoko Uno
  • Patent number: 8141959
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control unit including a base body including a brake fluid flow path and a mounting hole portion having a bottom sealing surface and an inner circumferential sealing surface and an assembled part which is assembled into the mounting hole portion so as to communicate with the flow path. The assembled part includes a lower end sealing portion hermetically contacting with the bottom sealing surface of the mounting hole portion to form a lower side sealing portion and an outer circumferential sealing portion hermetically contacting with the inner circumferential sealing surface of the mounting hole portion to form a circumferential sealing portion. A hermetic accommodation space is defined by the lower side sealing portion and the circumferential sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ota
  • Patent number: 8136894
    Abstract: The shock and vibration isolation system for hard mounting of a manifold of a brake control valve protects the brake control valve manifold from shock and vibration by incorporation of shock and vibration isolators in mounting feet of the manifold. The shock and vibration isolators have a pre-selected natural frequency chosen to protect components of the brake control valve damaging shock and vibration. The shock and vibration isolators each include a silicone rubber insert portion, a first outer sheath secured about a first end of the silicone rubber insert portion, a second outer sheath member secured about a second end of the silicone rubber insert portion, with a gap between the first and second outer sheaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hydro-Aire, Inc., a Subsidiary of Crane Co.
    Inventor: Ernest Blazic
  • Patent number: 8123308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for suspending a unit, especially a hydraulic unit of an electronically traction-controlled brake system of a motor vehicle. The unit is suspended in a receptacle provided on the vehicle such that vibrations are damped. Hydraulic units of vehicle brake systems are usually equipped with an electric motor for driving pumps located in the hydraulic unit. The brake pressure in the wheel brakes can be modulated via the pumps. The pump drive can cause mechanical and hydraulic vibrations in the unit which can result in unwanted operational noise in case the vibrations are transmitted to the vehicle body without being damped. The improved device is manually preloaded due to limited space for using tools. A clamping mechanism is guided in an axially movable manner on an armature which is fixed to the hydraulic unit and which can be moved from a basic position into a clamping position. The clamping mechanism is interlocked with the armature in both positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Matthias Mayr
  • Patent number: 8113596
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for a brake system, which has a simple constitution and can be easily manufactured with reduced manufacturing costs, is disclosed. A valve core is formed in a cylindrical shape, and has a through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction of the valve core and a fluid passage formed in a radial direction of the valve core so as to communicate with the through-hole. A sleeve is coupled to an outer surface of the valve core. The sleeve has a dome-shaped shielding portion at one end, and a flange portion to be fixed to a modulator block at the other end. An armature is slidably mounted in the sleeve. An exciting coil is provided to move the armature. A valve seat is fixed in the valve core, and has a first orifice. A plunger is mounted in the valve core. The plunger moves by movement of the armature to open or close the first orifice. A restoring spring is provided to press the plunger toward the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Cheol Lee, Chung Jae Lee, Dong Il Seo
  • Patent number: 8091968
    Abstract: A solenoid valve controller includes a control housing having a base provided with projections. Each of the projections has a recess provided therein. At least one elastomer element is arranged between at least two of the projections. A magnet coil yoke abuts the elastomer element and is fixed to at least one of the recesses. The elastomer element drives the magnet coil yoke away from the base and into engagement with an outer side of the hydraulic device when the magnet coil yoke is pressed toward the base by the outer side of the hydraulic device. The magnet coil yoke receives a solenoid valve unit of the hydraulic device therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Belgium EC BVBA
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dewart, Jan Van Cauwenberge, Bart Colpaert, Peter Desloovere, Michael Siotto
  • Patent number: 8038230
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller provided with a stroke simulator including a dummy cylinder includes a base member, a plurality of electromagnetic valves, a motor and pumps. The base member is constituted with a flow path in correspondence with a brake system. A plurality of the electromagnetic valves is attached to one face of the base member for controlling a flow of a brake fluid in the flow path. The motor is attached to other face constituting a back face side of the one face of the base member. The pumps are attached to a side face contiguous to the one face of the base member and are driven by the motor for delivering the brake fluid to the flow path. The dummy cylinder and the pumps are aligned at the base member with axis lines in a longitudinal direction being substantially in parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motoyasu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8020946
    Abstract: A base body has flow path configuring portions, has inlet and outlet ports, a central mounting hole 31, a central flow path 51 penetrating the central mounting hole 31, first inner and outer mounting holes 32, 33 disposed upstream side of the central mounting hole 31, second inner and outer mounting holes 34, 35 disposed downstream side of the central mounting hole 31, a third mounting hole 36 disposed below the second outer mounting hole 35, a wheel side sensor mounting hole 46 disposed on an extension of the outlet port 22L between the first inner mounting hole 32 and the second inner mounting hole 34, and a hydraulic pressure source side sensor mounting hole 45 disposed on a center line X of the base body so as to straddle to extend to the flow path configuring portions across the center line X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Iyatani
  • Patent number: 7997665
    Abstract: A brake control apparatus includes a brake unit. The brake unit includes: a first port set hydraulically connected to a master cylinder via a first fluid line set; a second port set hydraulically connected to a wheel cylinder set via a second fluid line set; a first fluid passage hydraulically connecting the first port set to the second port set; a first switching valve arranged to vary a state of fluid communication through the first fluid passage; a fluid pressure source arranged to produce a fluid pressure supplied to the second port set; a fluid accommodating section adapted to accommodate a variable amount of brake fluid; a branch fluid passage hydraulically connecting the first port set to the fluid accommodating section; and a second switching valve arranged to vary a state of fluid communication through the branch fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chiharu Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 7967395
    Abstract: In braking pressure control unit for a vehicle braking system, a space is formed, which is neighboring to electric brushless motors and arranged at ends of electromagnetic valves in a direction of a motor shaft of the electric motor. A printed circuit board for a motor driving circuit and a printed circuit board for a valve control circuit are arranged side-by-side in the space in the direction of the motor shaft. As a result, a longitudinal direction of the braking pressure control unit is suppressed to a small amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moriharu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7963619
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled brake system, comprising an accommodating member accommodating inlet and outlet valves in several valve accommodating bores. The inlet and outlet valves thereof being necessary for brake slip control are arranged in one single valve row (X) in a particularly space-saving fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel, Rene Lénz
  • Patent number: 7942483
    Abstract: During normal operation of a braking force generating device, the wheels are braked by braking force generating device when a depressing force cut-off valve is closed by energizing its solenoid to cut off communication between a master cylinder and wheel cylinders. When an abnormality occurs, a master cylinder generates a brake fluid pressure upon a driver's braking operation, and supplies it to the wheel cylinders when the depressing force cut-off valve is opened by de-energizing its solenoid. When the depressing force cut-off valve is closed, such as during normal operation, since the depressing force cut-off valve functions as a one-way valve that is urged in a valve-closing direction due to a brake fluid pressure generated by the master cylinder, an electromagnetic force generated by the solenoid is smaller, thereby reducing the power consumption of the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunimichi Hatano
  • Patent number: 7926782
    Abstract: A solenoid of a solenoid valve is fixed to a body in direct contact with the body in which a fluid channel is formed. A board is fixed to the solenoid in direct contact with the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Matsuhisa Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 7905558
    Abstract: The vehicular brake hydraulic control device includes a plurality of electromagnetic valves arranged at regular intervals on a first attaching plane of a body, and coil assemblies fit over each of the electromagnetic valves, wherein the coil assemblies adjacent to one another are arranged apart by a predetermined gap. The vehicular brake hydraulic control device further includes a rubber seal having a linear segment formed in a convex sectional shape swelling outwardly of the first attaching plane of the body, in which the hem of the seal is sandwiched between the coil assemblies and the first attaching plane of the body, and the apex of the seal enters between the coil assemblies adjacent to one each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Wagu, Tsuyoshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7866764
    Abstract: A hydraulic control unit of an electronically controlled hydraulic brake system has a housing (49) accommodating a pump (35) and at least one low-pressure accumulator. The low-pressure accumulator is positioned in a location at a lower height than the cam cavity (51) of the pump (35), and a drainage bore (53) connects the cam cavity (51) with the spring chamber (68) of at least one of the low-pressure accumulators. This allows the drainage of brake fluid from the cam cavity (51) into the spring chamber (68) solely by way of gravity. Thus this measure eliminates the risk of damage to the pump motor in the event that ambient water penetrates the cam cavity (51), which might flush brake fluid from the cam cavity 51 into the housing (49) of the pump motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves, Inc.
    Inventor: Adrian Crimpita
  • Publication number: 20100219680
    Abstract: A solenoid valve controller includes a control housing having a base provided with projections. Each of the projections has a recess provided therein. At least one elastomer element is arranged between at least two of the projections. A magnet coil yoke abuts the elastomer element and is fixed to at least one of the recesses. The elastomer element drives the magnet coil yoke away from the base and into engagement with an outer side of the hydraulic device when the magnet coil yoke is pressed toward the base by the outer side of the hydraulic device. The magnet coil yoke receives a solenoid valve unit of the hydraulic device therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dewart, Jan Van Cauwenberge, Bart Colpaert, Peter Desloovere, Michael Siotto
  • Patent number: 7766432
    Abstract: A hydraulic motorcycle brake system includes an accommodating member for the hydraulic connection of two master brake cylinders to the front-wheel brake and rear-wheel brake having several pressure channels for the front-wheel circuit and rear-wheel brake circuit, and allowing manufacture in a simplest possible manner, and a pair of wheel brake connections connectable to the rear-wheel brake and front-wheel brake open into a lateral surface of the accommodating member, the wheel brake connections being arranged between a pair of pressure connections that are connectable to the two master brake cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel
  • Patent number: 7753456
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control unit in which a pair of regulator valves, four normally open electromagnetic valves, a pair of reservoirs, four normally closed electromagnetic valves, a pair of pumps and a pair of suction valves are provided in a common base unit with the normally open electromagnetic valves and the normally closed electromagnetic valves arranged in parallel with each other. A pair of primary and secondary suction valves are arranged collectively to lie between four normally open electromagnetic valves and four normally closed electromagnetic valves which are arranged in parallel with each other and individually to lie between each set of two ports 24A, 24B; 24C, 24D from each end of four ports 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Iyatani
  • Patent number: 7720589
    Abstract: A vehicle control device using brake hydraulic pressure includes a hydraulic unit having a housing and an electronic control unit having a casing. The housing of the hydraulic unit is mounted on a mounting surface of the casing of the electronic control unit so that the casing of the electronic control unit protrudes from the housing of the hydraulic unit to one side. On the protruding area of the casing, a bulge is formed in which a vehicle behavioral sensor is mounted. A control connector is also provided on the protruding area of the casing. The bulge does not protrude from the substantially square contour of the vehicle control device. Thus, the bulge will scarcely increase the installation space of the vehicle control device. A vehicle behavioral sensor is mounted on a small substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Hashiba
  • Patent number: 7703862
    Abstract: In a brake hydraulic pressure control device for a vehicle, a plurality of electromagnetic valves are mounted on a first surface of a housing, while an electric motor for driving pumps built in the housing are mounted on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface. A cover member for covering the electromagnetic valves is attached to the first surface, and a main ECU for controlling the electromagnetic valves and the electric motor is arranged in a space defined by the cover member and the first surface. One or more spaces are formed between the electric motor and the second surface to receive a plurality of pressure sensors for detecting hydraulic pressures at various parts in a hydraulic brake device of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Abe, Moriharu Sakai, Toshiharu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20100072812
    Abstract: A valve assembly, which houses a valve closing member that co-operates with an armature to connect or separate pressure medium channels in a valve housing, the member being directed towards a valve seat which is situated on a valve seat body fixed in the valve housing. The valve assembly includes a solenoid for actuating the armature which is pushed onto a non-magnetisable sleeve section of the valve housing and a magnetic core that is diametrically opposed to the armature in the valve housing. Various valve functions can be achieved by using identical valve components in a modular manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Christoph Voss
  • Publication number: 20090250998
    Abstract: Disclosed are hydraulic/electronic control units (1, 2) for an electronic brake control system. A hydraulic/electronic control unit of current ABS/TCS/ESP systems essentially includes a central hydraulic block (6) and an electronic control unit (1) including control electronics on a control circuit board (4). The circuit board (4) is structured in such a way that it is insulated completely towards the outside on at least one first side (28) and includes an essentially smooth surface. Thus it is possible to use the hydraulic block (6) for cooling the circuit board (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Günther Vogel, Uwe Greiff, Rene Lenz, Christoph Köhler
  • Patent number: 7578564
    Abstract: A brake hydraulic pressure control unit includes motors mounted on one end of a hydraulic block so as to be aligned along a vertical direction. Each motor drives one of two sets of pumps. Solenoid valves and an electronic control unit are provided at the other end of the hydraulic block. Half of the solenoid valves and other component parts, which form a first hydraulic circuit, are provided in a vertically elongated area on the left-hand side of the pump mounting portions, and the other half of the solenoid valves and other component parts, which form a second hydraulic circuit, are provided in a vertically elongated area on the right-hand side of the pump mounting portions, with the component parts of each of the first and second hydraulic circuits overlapping each other in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moriharu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7513482
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for use in an actuator for controlling brake hydraulic pressure includes a valve housing, a movable core having an integral valve rod and axially slidably received in the valve housing, and a valve body configured to be moved into and out of contact with a valve seat when the valve body moves. The solenoid valve further includes a yoke having a U-shaped section. The flanges of the yoke have first ends that extend substantially along the outer peripheral edges of the coil winding to minimize the length of the flanges and thus the length of the solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shibata, Koji Yanai, Toru Fujita, Tomoaki Kawabata
  • Patent number: 7500725
    Abstract: A hydraulic braking pressure control unit including three or more hydraulic pressure control components, and a holder structure which holds those hydraulic pressure control components, wherein the three or more hydraulic pressure control components are selected from electromagnetically operated hydraulic pressure control valves capable of controlling a pressure of a working fluid in a brake cylinder in a braking system, and pressure detecting devices, to detect respective pressures of the fluid used to control the electromagnetically operated hydraulic pressure control valves. The three or more hydraulic pressure control components include three hydraulic pressure control components which are attached to the holder structure such that one of the three hydraulic pressure control components is spaced from the other two hydraulic pressure control components by substantially the same distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Otomo, Kiyoharu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7441843
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled brake system includes noise damping chambers (6), and at least one element which defines a direction of inflow and outflow of the pressure fluid for the throughflow and deviation of the pressure fluid in the noise damping chamber (6). In one embodiment, this is accomplished by two inclined channels (10, 11). An inclined channel (10) extends from a lateral surface of the accommodating member (1) through the wall of the pump bore (3), said inclined channel (10) opening at an acute angle in the area of the bottom of the noise damping chamber (6). Likewise, an additional inclined channel (11) extends from the lateral surface of the accommodating member (1) at an acute angle through the wall of the noise damping chamber 6, said inclined channel (11) opening in the bottom area of a valve accommodating bore (2) in the first valve row X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventor: Albrecht Otto
  • Patent number: 7427114
    Abstract: A vehicular brake fluid pressure control unit includes a base block of aluminum material having a cylinder bore containing a piston and a return spring, and a cover member fixed to the base block to cover an open end of the cylinder bore. The cover member is formed with a vent hole opening into an atmospheric chamber in the cover member, and made of aluminum. material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Ohishi, Hikaru Morita, Chiharu Nakazawa, Daisuke Hiwatashi
  • Publication number: 20080224534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve arrangement for an automotive braking system which arrangement is configured as a three-position/three-way valve. The invention is improved over the prior art in that two armatures and a single armature winding are assembled together such that both armatures can be displaced by the single armature winding. Each of the two armatures is associated with a respective sealing seat and the two sealing seats are situated on one side of the solenoid valve device, viewed in the axial direction of the armatures. The two sealing seats are embodied in a particularly advantageous fashion in or on a common sealing washer. The two sealing seats are arranged in a single sealing washer in such a way that the latter can be preassembled and then inserted into a predetermined location in the final assembly of the vehicle brake system solenoid valve device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Patent number: 7419228
    Abstract: A hydraulic assembly for slip-controlled brake systems of motor vehicles, having a valve block with receiving bores, each for a hydraulic part of electromagnetically actuated valves, each of which contains magnetically active elements and a respective electric part having an electric coil encompassing the valve dome, a coil housing, and a washer that is contained at least indirectly in the coil housing, on the side oriented toward the hydraulic part. The washers of at least some of the valves are interconnected to form a multi-washer component. The production of the hydraulic assembly then includes the production of a structural unit, which supports the respective electric parts of at least some of the valves, by connecting the coil housing to the associated washers of the multi-washer component, and the placement of this structural unit onto the valve block by introducing the valve domes into through openings of the washers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Jocham
  • Patent number: 7407234
    Abstract: A shock mounting system for affixing a motor driven pump, a plurality of hydraulic valves and accumulators, and motion sensing devices to a vehicle to minimize the transmission of noises to the hydraulic unit and the vehicle. Each mounting point comprising a mounting stud fixed to the vehicle, a hole in the hydraulic unit, a resilient bushing received in the hole, and a plurality of cylindrical segments having outer surfaces contacting the bushing and inner surfaces contacting the stud. Each stud urges the corresponding segments radially outwardly into compressing engagement with an inner surface of the resilient bushing. Each segment includes a retaining rim and each mounting stud includes a corresponding retaining ledge which, upon adequate penetration of the stud into the bushing, allow the segments to collapse under the urging of the resilient bushing radially inwardly inter-engaging the rim and ledges to hold the stud within the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Nathan Rex McCormick
  • Publication number: 20080106145
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip-controlled brake system, comprising an accommodating member accommodating inlet and outlet valves in several valve accommodating bores. The inlet and outlet valves thereof being necessary for brake slip control are arranged in one single valve row (X) in a particularly space-saving fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Gunther Vogel, Rene Lenz
  • Publication number: 20080084108
    Abstract: A hydraulic control unit of an electronically controlled hydraulic brake system has a housing (49) accommodating a pump (35) and at least one low-pressure accumulator. The low-pressure accumulator is positioned in a location at a lower height than the cam cavity (51) of the pump (35), and a drainage bore (53) connects the cam cavity (51) with the spring chamber (68) of at least one of the low-pressure accumulators. This allows the drainage of brake fluid from the cam cavity (51) into the spring chamber (68) solely by way of gravity. Thus this measure eliminates the risk of damage to the pump motor in the event that ambient water penetrates the cam cavity (51), which might flush brake fluid from the cam cavity 51 into the housing (49) of the pump motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Adrian M. Crimpita
  • Patent number: 7354117
    Abstract: In a liquid pressure control unit, a positive terminal of a power supply block is connected to a positive terminal of a motor block through a penetrating hole of a pump block. The power supply block is connected with the pump block, which serves as a power supply passage, via opposed male and female negative connectors. The female connector is connected to the male connector in the same direction as a direction in which the power supply block is connected to the pump block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Otsuka, Kouji Numakura
  • Patent number: 7334848
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure controller is provided which includes a hydraulic unit for controlling hydraulic pressure and an electronic control unit. The hydraulic unit includes a block in which are mounted electric actuators. The electronic control unit controls the electric actuators by applying electric signals thereto to control hydraulic pressure produced in the hydraulic unit to external elements in a controlled manner, thereby controlling the behavior of the vehicle. The electronic control unit includes a housing in which are mounted a circuit board and other electronic and electric parts, and a fitting portion provided on the housing so as to face one side of the block. At least one end portion of the block is received in the fitting portion and is engaged by a seal. The controller further includes a fastener for joining the block to the fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Segawa, Takayuki Shibata, Masuhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 7322658
    Abstract: In order to produce a compact hydraulic unit for use in an electrohydraulic braking system, the invention discloses that a first accommodating bore for a first feeding device of a pump is passed through between valve accommodating bores of a first and second valve row, and in that second and third accommodating bores for the accommodation of second and third feeding devices of the pump ae passed through between valve accommodating bores; of a third valve row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co OhG
    Inventors: Axel Hinz, Hans-Dieter Reinartz, Albrecht Otto, Dieter Dinkel
  • Publication number: 20070284938
    Abstract: A hydraulic manifold assembly for use in a hydraulic release system operable to control a spring applied, hydraulically released parking brake assembly wherein a brake is movable between an applied position and a released position, a spring biases the brake towards the applied position, and a brake release actuator is selectively operable to release said brake against an application force imposed by said spring. The hydraulic manifold assembly comprises a manifold block and a manually operated hydraulic lock valve assembled in the manifold block. The manifold block includes a high pressure inlet port, an actuator port for connection to the brake release actuator, an outlet port for connecting to a hydraulic fluid reservoir, and an internal passage connecting the actuator port to the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Jon Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20070252431
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure controlling unit for a vehicle includes a metal fluid pressure controlling block, a cover, a circuit board, an electronic component, and an electric conductor. The metal fluid pressure controlling block is electrically connected with a body of the vehicle. The cover is fixed to the fluid pressure controlling block. The circuit board is received inside the cover, wherein an electronic control unit is mounted on the circuit board. The electronic component is assembled to the fluid pressure controlling block. The electric conductor is connected with a grounded portion of the circuit board in the cover, the grounded portion being grounded, wherein the electric conductor electrically connects the fluid pressure controlling block with the grounded portion of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Takao Tsunooka, Yoshitami Saito
  • Publication number: 20070228820
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller provided with a stroke simulator including a dummy cylinder includes a base member, a plurality of electromagnetic valves, a motor and pumps. The base member is constituted with a flow path in correspondence with a brake system. A plurality of the electromagnetic valves is attached to one face of the base member for controlling a flow of a brake fluid in the flow path. The motor is attached to other face constituting a back face side of the one face of the base member. The pumps are attached to a side face contiguous to the one face of the base member and are driven by the motor for delivering the brake fluid to the flow path. The dummy cylinder and the pumps are aligned at the base member with axis lines in a longitudinal direction being substantially in parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Motoyasu NAKAMURA