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US 6,409,288 B1Granted
Braking force controlling apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki Yoshida, Satoshi Shimizu
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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki Yoshida, Satoshi Shimizu
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A braking force controlling apparatus changes a magnitude of a braking force produced by a braking operation based on a speed of the braking operation. The braking force controlling apparatus is directed to maintaining a brake-assisting control even when a beginner unintentionally releases a braking operation force on a brake pedal. A hydraulic pressure sensor (40) detects a master cylinder pressure, and a maximum master cylinder pressure during the braking operation of the brake pedal (30) is stored in an ECU (10). When the master cylinder pressure is found to be below a release-judgment level of the master cylinder pressure, which is determined based on the maximum master cylinder pressure, the brake-assisting control is terminated. When the master cylinder pressure is found to be above the release-judgment level, the brake-assisting control is maintained.
A braking force controlling apparatus which selectively performs one of a normal control to generate a braking force by a braking operation and a brake-assisting control to generate an increased braking force larger than the braking force generating during the normal control, said apparatus comprising:
A braking force controlling apparatus which selectively performs one of a normal control to generate a braking force by a braking operation and a brake-assisting control to generate an increased braking force larger than the braking force generated during the normal control, said apparatus comprising:
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