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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1987
Kazutaka Kuwana, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Kuromitsu, Chiryu, JP;
Hiroaki Takeuchi, Toyota, JP;
Nobuyasu Nakanishi, Toyota, JP;
Noboru Noguchi, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An anti-skid apparatus for installation in a vehicle braking system having a master cylinder, a wheel brake cylinder and a primary fluid passage connecting the cylinders includes a changeover valve disposed in the primary passage to selectively communicate the wheel brake cylinder with the master cylinder or with a reservoir, and a fluid pump for pumping a brake fluid from the reservoir and returning it to a point of the primary passage between the master cylinder and the changeover valve, via a check valve. The anti-skid apparatus further includes a cut-off valve disposed in the primary passage between the master cylinder and the point where the pumped fluid is returned, and a regulator valve disposed in a recirculation passage for recirculating the pumped fluid to the reservoir. The cut-off valve normally allows a flow of the fluid and inhibits the flow of the fluid when the hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder exceeds the pressure from the wheel brake cylinder by at least a predetermined value. The regulator regulates the pressure of the pumped fluid at a value higher than the pressure from the wheel brake cylinder by a predetermined value.