IP Library Granted Patent US 9,604,619
Granted Patent B2
US 9,604,619 · App. 14/177,349 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Brake control apparatus

Inventors: Hirofumi Watanabe (Isesaki, JP); Daisuke Yasukawa (Hitachinaka, JP); Kazuhiko Nakano (Isesaki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
B60T13/66B60T13/745
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Patent No.
US 9,604,619
App. No.
14/177,349
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brake control apparatus includes a master cylinder configured to generate a brake pressure according to a depressing force of a brake pedal; an electric motor configured to operate the master cylinder; a control board configured to control the electric motor; and a board receiving portion arranged along an outer circumference of the master cylinder. The board receiving portion receives the control board such that a component-mounting surface of the control board faces in an axial direction of the master cylinder.

Claims (10)

1. A brake control apparatus comprising:

a master cylinder configured to generate a brake pressure according to a depressing force of a brake pedal;

an electric motor configured to operate the master cylinder;

a control board configured to control the electric motor; and

a board receiving portion arranged along an outer circumference of the master cylinder, wherein the board receiving portion receives the control board such that a component-mounting surface of the control board faces in an axial direction of the master cylinder,

wherein the control board has a shape bent along a circumferential direction of the master cylinder.

2. The brake control apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component-mounting surface is opposed to an attaching surface to which the brake control apparatus is attached in a vehicle.

3. The brake control apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the master cylinder is fastened to be non-coaxial to the electric motor, and a main circuit of the control board is located on the component-mounting surface and near the electric motor.

4. The brake control apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the board receiving portion includes heat-radiating fins configured to radiate a heat of the control board, and the heat-radiating fins are located adjacent to the electric motor and between a hydraulic tank of the master cylinder and a housing to which the master cylinder is fixed.

5. The brake control apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the main circuit of the control board is located near the electric motor, the board receiving portion includes a connector portion near an end portion of the control board, the connector portion electrically connects the control board with a harness leading to an external peripheral equipment, and a distance between the connector portion and the electric motor is longer than a distance between the main circuit and the electric motor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: WATANABE, HIROFUMI; YASUKAWA, DAISUKE; NAKANO, KAZUHIKO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032239/0661 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-058886 · Mar 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140283513A1 · Sep 25, 2014