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Brake booster diagnosing apparatus capable of optimizing determination of abnormality of booster

US6289271A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateSep 11, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T17/221
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for diagnosing a booster of a vehicle braking system including a brake pedal, a master cylinder for producing a hydraulic pressure on the basis of an output force of the booster produced by boosting of a brake pedal operating force by the booster, and a wheel brake cylinder activated by the hydraulic pressure to brake a vehicle wheel, wherein a determining device is adapted to make a provisional decision as to whether the booster is abnormal or not, on the basis of a relationship between an input quantity and an output quantity of the booster, and a optimizing device is adapted to determine the provisional decision as a final decision or rectifying the provisional decision.

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