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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
David F. Reuter, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Earl Wayne Lloyd, Lebanon, OH (US);
Schuyler Scott Shaw, Tipp City, OH (US);
Deron C. Littlejohn, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David F. Reuter, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Earl Wayne Lloyd, Lebanon, OH (US);
Schuyler Scott Shaw, Tipp City, OH (US);
Deron C. Littlejohn, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
BWI Company Limited S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a braking apparatus for a vehicle having a brake pedal. The braking apparatus includes a master cylinder having a reservoir for retaining a brake fluid. At least one hydraulically actuated brake is in fluid communication with the master cylinder and a control unit is in electrical communication with the hydraulically actuated brake. A replenishment system is in fluid communication with the master cylinder and in electrical communication with the control unit for feeding the brake fluid into the replenishment system during a first condition and feeding the brake fluid from the replenishment system into the hydraulically actuated brake during a second condition after initial depression of the brake pedal to provide consistent pedal feel and braking pressure.