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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Masuhiro Kondo, Chiryu, JP;
Kazutoshi Yogo, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Wakata, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Goshima, Gifu, JP;
Masahiko Kamiya, Anjo, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A pressure control valve for use in an automobile braking system includes a spool slidably movable for providing selective fluid communication between a pressure fluid source, a wheel cylinder, and a reservoir. The spool has, or is associated with, a pressure-bearing member responsive to a fluid pressure from the wheel cylinder, for applying a first biasing force to the slidable member to urge the slidable member to a position in which the wheel cylinder and the reservoir communicates with each other. An electromagnetic coil responds to an electric signal for generating an electromagnetic force to urge the slidable member to the above position. The slidable member is normally biased by a spring under a second biasing force, greater than the first biasing force, to urge the slidable member to a position in which the pressure fluid source and the wheel cylinder communicate with each other. The fluid pressure in the wheel cylinder is regulated to cause the sum of the fluid pressure in the wheel cylinder and the electromagnetic force from the electromagnetic coil to counterbalance the second biasing force.