Mando Corporation

Seong-Ho Choi

Hyun-Ho Kim

Jin Seok Kim

Byung Ki Kim

In-Wook Jeon

Dong-Yo Ryu

Eun-Seong Lim

Yong-Kap Kim

Gi-Yung Kim

Weon-Chan Ko

Yeong-Sik Kim

Byong-Hoo Cheong

I-Jin Yang

Joo-Hee Son

Byeong-Hoo Cheong

Young-Song Lee

An electronic brake system includes a master cylinder connected to a reservoir, including a master chamber and a master piston provided at the master chamber, and discharging the oil according to pedal effort of a brake pedal, a sensor measuring a displacement of the brake pedal, a pedal simulator providing a reaction force according to pedal effort of the brake pedal and including a simulator chamber connected to the master cylinder, a hydraulic actuator provided between the master cylinder and a wheel cylinder and controlling a hydraulic pressure flow delivered to the wheel cylinder, a first hydraulic pressure supply device operated by an electrical signal output by corresponding to the displacement of the brake pedal, and supplying a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic actuator, and a second hydraulic pressure supply device provided between the reservoir and the master cylinder and providing a vibration pedal feel to the brake pedal.

Electronic brake system and control method thereof

An electronic brake system includes a master cylinder connected to a reservoir, the master cylinder including first and second master chambers and first and second pistons provided in the master chambers; a hydraulic pressure supply device activated by an electrical signal to generate a hydraulic pressure; a hydraulic pressure control unit configured to transfer, to a plurality of wheel cylinder provided in wheels, a hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device; first and second backup flow paths configured to connect the first and second master chambers to the hydraulic pressure control unit; and first and second cut valves configured to selectively open and close the first and second backup flow paths, wherein one or both of the first backup flow path and the second backup flow path are connected to the first or second master chamber and any one of the plurality of wheel cylinders.

Electric brake system

A leakage inspecting method of an electric brake system, which includes a master cylinder connected to a reservoir, a simulation device having one side connected to the master cylinder to provide a reaction force according to the pedal effort of the brake pedal, a simulation valve provided at a flow path connected to the master cylinder or a flow path connected to the reservoir, a hydraulic pressure supply device operated by an electrical signal of a pedal displacement sensor sensing a displacement of the brake pedal and configured to generate hydraulic pressure, and a hydraulic pressure control unit, comprising: executing an inspection mode for inspecting for a leak of the simulation valve and a sealing member provided inside a chamber of the master cylinder by providing an inspection valve at a flow path connecting the master cylinder to the reservoir, wherein the inspection mode includes: (a1) closing a cut valve provided at a flow path connecting the master cylinder to the hydraulic pressure control unit when the inspection valve is open; (b1) pressurizing a piston disposed inside the master cylinder according to the pedal effort of the brake pedal and detecting whether pressure is formed through a pressure sensor; and (c1) determining that a leak does not exist when pressure detected through the pressure sensor satisfies a preset criterion.

Electric brake system and method for leak check of the same

An electric brake system comprising: a master cylinder configured to a reservoir storing oil therein and configured to generate hydraulic pressure according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a cut valve installed at a backup flow path connecting the master cylinder to a wheel cylinder; a simulation device including a simulation chamber connected to the master cylinder at a front end of the cut valve to provide a reaction force according to the pedal effort of the brake pedal, a simulation valve provided at a flow path connecting the master cylinder to the simulation chamber; a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to operate in response to an electrical signal of a pedal displacement sensor sensing a displacement of the brake pedal, and a damping member provided at a flow path connecting the hydraulic pressure chamber to the front end of the cut valve, wherein the damping member delivers a pressure pulsation generated in the hydraulic pressure chamber to the brake pedal in an anti-lock brake system (ABS) mode.

An electric brake system is disclosed. The electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by means of an electrical signal that is output corresponding to displacement of a brake pedal, and including a first pressure chamber provided at one side of the piston movably accommodated inside a cylinder block and connected to one or more wheel cylinders, and a second pressure chamber provided at the other side of the piston and connected to the one or more wheel cylinders, a first hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the first pressure chamber, a second hydraulic flow path configured to branch from the first hydraulic flow path, a third hydraulic flow path configured to branch from the first hydraulic flow path, a fourth hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the second pressure chamber and connected to the third hydraulic flow path, a fifth hydraulic flow path configured to communicate the second hydraulic flow path with the third hydraulic flow path, a first hydraulic circuit including first and second branching flow paths which branch from the second hydraulic flow path and are connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively, and a second hydraulic circuit including third and fourth branching flow paths which branch from the third hydraulic flow path and are connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively.

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a flow path connecting a reservoir to a chamber of a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member. Also, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a bypass flow path connecting a front side of a check valve to a rear side thereof at a reservoir flow path connecting a reservoir to a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole communicating with the master cylinder is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole communicating with the reservoir passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the check valve is provided at the reservoir flow path and enables fluid to flow in a direction from the reservoir to the master cylinder, and the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.

Inspection valve

An electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device including a first pressure chamber provided at one side of a piston movably accommodated inside a cylinder block, and a second pressure chamber provided at other side of the piston, a first hydraulic flow path communicating with the first pressure chamber, second and third hydraulic flow paths branching from the first hydraulic flow path, a fourth hydraulic flow path communicating with the second pressure chamber, a fifth hydraulic flow path branching from the fourth hydraulic flow path and connected to the second hydraulic flow path, a sixth hydraulic flow path branching from the fourth hydraulic flow path and connected to the third hydraulic flow path, and first and second hydraulic circuit including flow paths branching from the second or third hydraulic flow path and connected to wheel cylinders.

An electric brake system is disclosed. The electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by means of an electrical signal and including a first and a second pressure chamber, a first hydraulic flow path, a second hydraulic flow path, a third hydraulic flow path, a sixth hydraulic flow path, a seventh hydraulic flow path, a first control valve provided at the first hydraulic flow path, a second control valve provided at the second hydraulic flow path, a third control valve provided at the third hydraulic flow path, a seventh control valve provided at the sixth hydraulic flow path, an eighth control valve provided at the seventh hydraulic flow path, a first hydraulic circuit including first and second branching flow paths, and first and second inlet valves, and a second hydraulic circuit including third and fourth branching flow paths which branch from the second hydraulic flow path and are connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively.

An electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by an electrical signal that is output corresponding to a displacement of a brake pedal, and including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the first pressure chamber, a second hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the first pressure chamber, a third hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the second pressure chamber, a fourth hydraulic flow path branching from the third hydraulic flow path and connected to the first hydraulic flow path, a fifth hydraulic flow path branching from the third hydraulic flow path and connected to the second hydraulic flow path.

An electronic brake system may be capable of performing braking operation according to a pedal effort of a driver even when the brake system operates abnormally as well as simplifying a configuration thereof by minimizing the number of valves for controlling a flow of oil pressure and precisely controlling pressure therein.

Electronic brake system

A nut screw conveying device includes a nut and a screw to convert rotational movement into translational movement. In the nut screw conveying device, a plurality of different threads is spirally formed on an inner circumferential surface of the nut, and the screw is provided with a plurality of rotating media to be respectively engaged with the different threads.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Seong-Ho Choi