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VEHICLE BRAKING PRESSURE SOURCE DEVICE WHEREIN FLUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRESSURIZING AND BACK-PRESSURE CHAMBERS OF MASTER CYLINDER IS CONTROLLED BASED ON VEHICLE RUNNING STATE AND/OR ROAD SURFACE CONDITION

US6431662B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 2001
Grant dateAug 13, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T13/662
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle braking pressure source device including (a) a master cylinder having a pressurizing piston cooperating with a cylinder housing to define a pressurizing chamber and a back-pressure chamber on front and rear sides of the piston, and an input rod which slidably extending through a rear end wall of the cylinder housing such that the piston is advanced by a brake operating force of a brake operating member transmitted thereto through the input rod, to pressurize a working fluid in the pressurizing chamber, (b) a communication passage for communication between the pressurizing and back-pressure chambers, (c) a control valve device disposed in the communication passage for controlling the communication between the pressurizing and back-pressure chambers through the communication passage, and (d) a control valve control device for controlling the control valve device, on the basis of at least one of an operating state of the brake operating member, a running state of the vehicle and a state of a road surface on which the vehicle is running.

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