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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic pressure brake device for a vehicle includes a first piston outputting brake pressure generated in a first pressure chamber and a second piston having a larger diameter than that of the first piston and provided rearward of the first piston and forming a second pressure chamber having a larger diameter than that of the first pressure chamber. The hydraulic pressure brake device further includes a valve device closing the second pressure chamber hydraulically when actuation of the first piston and the second piston is assisted by the assisting device and establishing hydraulic communication between the second pressure chamber and the reservoir when the assisting is not carried out. The first pressure chamber is connected with wheel cylinders provided on front wheels through a first hydraulic pressure system and the second pressure chamber is connected with wheel cylinders provided on rear wheels through a second hydraulic pressure system.