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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Kazuya Takenouchi, Saitama, JP;
Masanobu Nakayama, Saitama, JP;
Hideo Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Tani, Saitama, JP;
Masaie Kato, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Nishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Takenouchi, Saitama, JP;
Masanobu Nakayama, Saitama, JP;
Hideo Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Tani, Saitama, JP;
Masaie Kato, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Nishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co.,, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle brake system enables a smooth switching to a hydraulic loss simulator to provide an improved feeling of braking operation. A brake operating unit includes a brake caliper, an electromagnetic on-off valve (V) which blocks a main brake passage, a pressure sensor, a hydraulic modulator, and a hydraulic loss simulator. The brake system allocates a braking force to front and rear wheels by controlling the hydraulic modulator based on a result of detection by the pressure sensor. The brake operating unit has a brake light switch for detecting the starting of operation thereof, actuates an electromagnetic on-off valve (V) to block the main brake passage based on a result of detection by the brake light switch, and unblocks the main brake passage when a predetermined amount of time elapses without any input made to the pressure sensor in a standby state with the main brake passage blocked.