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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Akiyoshi Nishikawa, Iwata, JP;
Tatsuya Yamasaki, Iwata, JP;
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an electric brake device capable of adjusting a clearance without making a driver feel discomfort, in a vehicle equipped with the electric brake device. A control device () of this electric brake device (DB) includes: a brake operation amount detector () to detect an operation amount to a brake operation member () of the vehicle; and an operation record flag storage unit () to store an operation record flag indicating a record of a latest operation performed by the driver to the brake operation member (), on the basis of the operation amount detected by the brake operation amount detector (). The control device () further includes a target clearance determination unit () to determine a target clearance with reference to the operation record flag stored in the operation record flag storage unit ().