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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Kouichi Hara, Susono, JP;
Hironori Miyakoshi, Seto, JP;
Nobuyuki Furui, Nisshin, JP;
Akira Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicular braking control apparatus and method, the hydraulic pressure on a wheel cylinder is gradually reduced with a relatively gentle gradient of reduction (k ) at the time when a braking operation member, operated by an operating person of the vehicle, is detected to have been operated to a predetermined position. At the time when a state of the braking operation is detected to have reached a predetermined threshold, the hydraulic pressure on the wheel cylinder is reduced with a relatively great gradient of reduction (k ). Therefore, it is possible to reduce vibrations of a brake pedal or the change in deceleration while adopting a relatively simple construction.