Method of detecting temperature of brake fluid and method of controlling brake fluid pressure

Abstract

This method minimizes the change in the range of pressure increase and reduction with change in the viscosity of brake fluid due to change in the temperature of brake fluid and a delay in pressure increase and reduction due to change in the brake fluid viscosity. A pressure sensor having a zero-point temperature drift function and a pressure sensor having no such drift function are provided to estimate the brake fluid temperature based on the difference in output between the two pressure sensors. Fluid pressure is controlled according to a control mode corresponding to the fluid viscosity based on the estimated fluid temperature. Specifically, the time during which electromagnetic valves are open is changed, or in the arrangement in which an electromagnetic proportional pressure control valve is used, the current supplied to its electromagnet is changed based on the estimated brake fluid temperature.

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