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Brake system

US6079799A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1997
Grant dateJun 27, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T8/4054
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake system has wheel cylinders for producing a braking force in wheels using pressurized brake fluid transmitted through a main conduit from a master cylinder, a reservoir for storing brake fluid, a sideslip preventing device for when a sideslip state of the vehicle is detected supplying brake fluid to the wheel cylinder corresponding to a sideslip controlled wheel and producing a braking force in the sideslip controlled wheel, a first conduit used for supplying brake fluid from the reservoir to the wheel cylinders by the pump and a first valve for switching this first conduit between an open state and a closed state. The sideslip preventing device, when the sideslip state is detected during non-braking of the vehicle, makes the first valve open-state and thereby conducts supply of brake fluid through the first conduit from the reservoir to the wheel cylinder by a pump. When the sideslip state is detected during braking of the vehicle, the sideslip preventing device makes the first valve device closed-state and thereby prohibits supply of brake fluid from the reservoir to the wheel cylinder.

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