Electric parking brake
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorChanwool Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) that is controlled by an electrical signal and generates a parking braking force includes a caliper housing including a cylinder and a piston slidably provided in the cylinder; and an actuator installed in the cylinder to press and release the piston; wherein the actuator comprises a linear motor installed in the cylinder and having a moving member that moves linearly according to an electrical signal, and a pressing portion that is press-fitted to the moving member to move together with the moving member and presses selectively the piston.
Claims10
An electric parking brake (EPB) that is controlled by an electrical signal and generates a parking braking force, comprising:
- a caliper housing including a cylinder and a piston slidably provided in the cylinder;
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- an actuator installed in the cylinder to press and release the piston;
- wherein the actuator comprises:
- a linear motor installed in the cylinder and having a moving member that reciprocates in a straight line according to an electrical signal, and
- a pressing portion that is press-fitted to the moving member to move together with the moving member and presses selectively the piston,
- wherein the moving member includes a magnet therein to reciprocate with respect to a stator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.