Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masayoshi Wada

Shohei Matsuda

Toshio Yahagi

Yoshitaka Miyakawa

Shinichi Inagawa

Toshiya Kanda

Kougyoku Go

A pressure device control apparatus including a pressure source having a pump, and an accumulator connected to the pump and a pressure device, and a pressure detector for detecting the pressure in the accumulator; a normally-closed type solenoid valve interposed between the pressure device and the accumulator or a fluid tank; and a control unit having a drive control device for outputting a driving signal indicative of a command to operate the pump in response to a detection pressure detected in the pressure detector becoming equal to or less than a first predetermined pressure and a drive stopping signal indicative of a command for stopping the operation of the pump in response to the detection pressure becoming equal to or more than a second predetermined pressure which is higher than the first predetermined pressure. The control unit includes a first energizing unit for energizing the normally-closed type solenoid valve for a first predetermined time after the drive control device outputs the drive stopping signal, and a deciding unit for deciding that there is a problem in response to the detection pressure detected in the pressure detector becoming equal to or less than the first predetermined pressure after the energization of the normally-closed type solenoid valve by the first energizing unit is completed. This invention ensures that the diagnosis of the problem in the pressure device control apparatus can be reliably effected by the release of the pressure in the accumulator after the pressure increase thereof to a level equal to or more than the second predetermined pressure.

Problem diagnosis system in pressure device control apparatus

A pressure source for a pressure device includes a pump for pumping fluid from fluid tank, an accumulator connected to the pump and a pressure device, a device for detecting the pressure in the accumulator, and a controller for controlling the operation of the pump in an ON-OFF manner on the basis of a result of detection by the pressure detecting device. In this pressure source, the controller includes first and second drive signal generating circuits each capable of independently generating a drive signal for determining the on-off operation of the pump, and a judging circuit which has a calculating function therein and to which at least the pressure detecting device is connected. The judging circuit is connected to the first drive signal generating circuit, and the pressure detecting device is connected to the second drive signal generating circuit. This ensures that the control of the first drive signal generating circuit can be carried out at any time by a calculation in the judging circuit, leading to an increased function. When the judging circuit is in trouble, the on-off control of the pump can be carried out by the second drive signal generating circuit.

Pressure source for pressure device

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Saitama, Japan

Masayoshi Wada