Electro-hydraulic braking systems
AssigneeLucas Industries Limited
InventorRobert Alan Anderson
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Abstract
In an electro-hydraulic braking system a housing is provided having at least three discrete housing portions (1, 2, 3), a first portion being adapted to contain electrical drive circuitry for said at least one actuator, the second portion being adapted to contain hydraulic flow passages to and from the electrically operated actuator, and the third portion being adapted to house one or more pressure sensors. On assembly of the housing, electrical contacts from the one or more pressure sensors in the third portion provide a connection between the one or more pressure sensors and the electrical circuitry contained in the first portion, and hydraulic passages extending from the pressure sensors in the third portion provide a connection between one or more pressure sensors and fluid passages in the second portion.
Claims10
An electro-hydraulic braking system including at least one electrically operated actuator which is provided in a brake line between a pressure source of hydraulic fluid and a brake, operation of said electrically operated actuator selectively connecting and disconnecting said brake to said pressure source, and wherein at least one pressure sensor is arranged to sense fluid pressure in a part of said braking system said system further including a housing having at least three discrete housing portions, a first portion containing electrical drive circuitry for said actuator, a second portion containing hydraulic fluid passages to and from said electrically operated actuator, and a third portion housing a plurality of pressure sensors, in which on assembly of said housing electrical contacts from said pressure sensors in said third portion provide a connection between said pressure sensors and said electrical drive circuitry contained in said first portion, and a respective hydraulic fluid passage extending from each of said pressure sensors in said third portion provides a connection between said pressure sensors and corresponding hydraulic fluid passages in said second portion.
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