IP Library Granted Patent US 10,744,983
Granted Patent B2
US 10,744,983 · App. 16/093,163 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Brake fluid pressure control device for vehicle

Inventor: Teruyoshi Yamakawa (Tomi, JP)
Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO, LTD.
B60T8/1763B60T8/172B60T13/686
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Patent No.
US 10,744,983
App. No.
16/093,163
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, an estimated vehicle body speed calculation device that calculates an estimated vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle can provide hydraulic control of a brake fluid that is used in wheel brakes, and the bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road on the basis of the deviation between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed. The present invention can detect phenomena particular to bad roads, and can more accurately perform bad road determination, and allows for the improvement of control such as ABS control.

Claims (15)

1. A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle capable of performing fluid pressure control of a brake fluid pressure applied to a wheel brake, the brake fluid pressure control device comprising:

wheel speed acquisition means that acquires a wheel speed;

estimated vehicle body speed calculation means that calculates an estimated vehicle body speed based on the wheel speed; and

bad road determination means that determines whether a state of a traveling road surface is bad,

wherein, when a bad road determination threshold value is acquired based on a time period for which the wheel speed is continuously more than or less than the estimated vehicle body speed, the state of the traveling road surface is determined to be bad when a deviation between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed is more than the bad road determination threshold value.

2. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the deviation is a difference between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed when the wheel speed is more than the estimated vehicle body speed.

3. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the deviation is a difference between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed when the wheel speed is less than the estimated vehicle body speed.

4. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bad road determination threshold value when a slippage amount of a wheel is large is changed to a value larger than the bad road determination threshold value when the slippage amount of the wheel is small.

5. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the bad road determination threshold value when a slippage amount of a wheel is large is changed to a value larger than the bad road determination threshold value when the slippage amount of the wheel is small.

6. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle according to claim 3 ,

wherein the bad road determination threshold value when a slippage amount of a wheel is large is changed to a value larger than the bad road determination threshold value when the slippage amount of the wheel is small.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2018
From: YAMAKAWA, TERUYOSHI
To: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047144/0751 →