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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Zf Active Safety Us Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Suat Ozsoylu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Blaise J. Ganzel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
ZF Active Safety US Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A brake system includes a reservoir and a motor-driven master cylinder operable during a backup braking mode by actuation of an electric motor of the master cylinder to generate brake actuating pressure at first and second MC outputs. A power transmission unit provides pressurized hydraulic fluid to a PTU output for actuating first and second pairs of wheel brakes in a normal non-failure braking mode. The power transmission unit includes a side-mounted electric PTU motor configured to selectively pressurize the hydraulic fluid by transmitting rotary motion to a ball nut assembly of the power transmission unit via a force translator mechanically interposed between the electric PTU motor and the ball nut assembly. First and second two-position three-way valves each selectively control hydraulic fluid flow from a chosen one of the master cylinder and the power transmission unit to a corresponding pair of wheel brakes.