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Multi-port solenoid valve in an antiskid brake control apparatus

US5221129A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1991
Grant dateJun 22, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T8/5037
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A discharge passage communicating a brake cylinder and a low-pressure accumulator is provided with a second orifice. Owing to a pressure differential between pressure upstream of the second orifice and pressure downstream of the orifice, a passage changeover valve is set to a first position, when brake cylinder pressure is decreased during antiskid braking control, at which the passage changeover valve cuts off the discharge side of a pump from the brake cylinder, and to a second position, when brake cylinder pressure is increased, at which the changeover valve communicates the discharge side of the pump with a flow-rate controller and communicates the discharge side of the pump with a master cylinder and the brake cylinder solely through a first orifice in the flow-rate controller. As a result, when pressure is decreased during antiskid braking control, the discharge side and the intake side of the pump are completely cut off from each other so that the burden upon the pump is reduced.

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