Hydraulic pressure control device and vehicle brake device using the same
AssigneeSumitomo (SEI) Brake Systems, Inc.
InventorsKeita Nakano, Masato Yoshino, Makoto Nishikimi
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AssigneeSumitomo (SEI) Brake Systems, Inc.
InventorsKeita Nakano, Masato Yoshino, Makoto Nishikimi
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A hydraulic pressure control device is provided in which a proportional pressure control valve is actuated by operating the brake pedal to adjust the hydraulic pressure supplied from a pressure source to the wheel brakes to a value corresponding to the pedal operating amount. Also, a brake device for a vehicle using it is provided. The proportional pressure control valve is integrated with a hydraulic pressure generator to transmit the input from the brake pedal to a spool valve in the control valve through a first piston, first spring, second piston and second spring of the hydraulic pressure generator. If the pressure source or the wheel brakes in a first line fail, after the second piston has made a full stroke, brake fluid in a fluid chamber is pressurized, so that the hydraulic pressure generated is supplied to wheel brakes in a second line through a copy valve which is open.
A hydraulic pressure control device comprising a housing formed with an input port, an output port and a discharge port, and a proportional pressure control valve and a hydraulic pressure generator mounted in said housing, said proportional pressure control valve having a spool valve and a return spring for biasing said spool valve, said spool valve bringing said output port into communication with said discharge port in a non-operated state, bearing hydraulic pressure on its opposed pressure-bearing surfaces having a difference in area, and moving to a balance point where the sum of the hydraulic pressure and the force of said return spring balances with an external force applied opposite thereto to change over connections of said output port to said input port and said discharge port, adjust the degree of opening of fluid passages, and adjust the hydraulic pressure at said output port to a value corresponding to the external force, said hydraulic pressure generator combined with said proportional pressure control valve, said hydraulic pressure generator comprising a first piston receiving brake pedal force as the external force, a second piston receiving the brake pedal force from said first piston through a first spring, and a fluid chamber formed between said first piston and said second piston, said hydraulic pressure generator discharging brake fluid through an output port,
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