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US 10,946,849 B2Granted
Brake system for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJoung Hee Lee, Jong Yun Jeong, Dong Yoon Hyun
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Abstract
A brake system for a vehicle is provided to independently adjust a braking pressure of each wheel. The system includes a hydraulic pressure brake driven by two actuators and a sub-cylinder and valve configurations that are disposed in the peripheral flow path thereof to eliminate the pressure unbalance generated in the hydraulic pressure brake.
Claims20
A brake system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a pedal to which a braking input is applied;
- an actuator part configured to generate a braking hydraulic pressure in response to the braking input applied to the pedal and including a first actuator having a first hydraulic chamber and a second actuator having a second hydraulic chamber;
- wheel brakes connected with the first actuator and the second actuator;
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- a sub-cylinder including two sub-pistons for forming a third hydraulic chamber and a fourth hydraulic chamber, which are two hydraulic chambers continuously disposed within a housing;
- wherein the sub-cylinder includes a first sub-piston located centrally and a second sub-piston connected to the pedal,
- wherein the sub-cylinder includes an inlet side structure with a stepped portion,
- wherein a portion of the sub-cylinder where the second sub-piston is connected to the pedal has a smaller outer diameter than another portion of the sub-cylinder that extends toward the fourth hydraulic chamber,
- wherein the first hydraulic chamber is connected with the third hydraulic chamber by a flow path in which a first valve is installed, the second hydraulic chamber is connected with the fourth hydraulic chamber by a flow path in which a second valve is installed, and pressure balancing is performed by the sub-cylinder when a difference between braking hydraulic pressures generated by the first actuator and the second actuator occurs,
- wherein the fourth hydraulic chamber is connected with a first flow path proximate to the first sub-piston and a second flow path,
- wherein the first flow path and the second flow path are connected with the second valve, and
- wherein the first sub-piston divides the third hydraulic chamber and the fourth hydraulic chamber, and when the first flow path is closed by the first sub-piston by a pressure difference between the third hydraulic chamber and the fourth hydraulic chamber, a braking force by the pressure balancing is transmitted to the second hydraulic chamber through the second flow path.
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