IP Library Granted Patent US 11,338,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,338,784 · App. 16/485,907 · Granted May 24, 2022

Electric booster

Inventors: Norihisa Fukayama (Yokohama, JP); Hidekazu Tsuchiya (Atsugi, JP); Shinji Shimizu (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
B60T13/686B60T8/4081B60T13/148B60T13/745
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Patent No.
US 11,338,784
App. No.
16/485,907
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic booster includes an electric motor configured to thrust a piston in a master cylinder, a stroke detection device configured to detect a movement amount of an input member connected to a brake pedal, a rotational angle detection portion configured to detect a rotational angle of a rotational shaft of the electric motor, a control device configured to control driving of the electric motor, and a casing containing a wiring electrically connecting the electric motor and the control device to each other. The stroke detection device includes a first magnet configured to move together with the input member and a first magnetism detection element configured to detect magnetism from the first magnet. The rotational angle detection portion includes a second magnet configured to move together with the rotational shaft of the electric motor and a second magnetism detection element configured to detect magnetism from the second magnet.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic booster comprising:

an electric motor configured to thrust a piston in a master cylinder;

a stroke detection device configured to detect a movement amount of an input member connected to a brake pedal;

a rotational angle detection portion configured to detect a rotational angle of a rotational shaft of the electric motor;

a control device configured to control driving of the electric motor based on results of the detection by the stroke detection device and the rotational angle detection portion; and

a casing that contains a wiring electrically connecting the electric motor and the control device to each other,

wherein the stroke detection device includes a first magnet configured to move together with the input member and a first magnetism detection element configured to detect magnetism from the first magnet,

wherein the first magnet is configured to move parallel to a direction of movement of the input member,

wherein the rotational angle detection portion includes a second magnet configured to move together with the rotational shaft of the electric motor and a second magnetism detection element configured to detect magnetism from the second magnet,

wherein the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed inside the casing, and

wherein the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed on a single substrate provided in the casing.

2. The electric booster according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is disposed so as to extend from the rotational shaft of the electric motor toward the input member, and

wherein the first magnetism detection element is disposed on an electric motor side of the substrate.

3. The electric booster according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing in which the master cylinder is mounted in such a manner that an extension direction of the rotational shaft of the electric motor extends in parallel with a movement direction of the input member,

wherein the electric motor is fixed to the housing,

wherein a transmission member, configured to transmit a rotational output, is provided on one end side of the rotational shaft which is a master cylinder side of the rotational shaft, and

wherein the substrate is disposed on the other end side of the rotational shaft.

4. The electric booster according to claim 3 , wherein a flat surface portion of the substrate is disposed so as to face an end surface of the other end side of the rotational shaft.

5. The electric booster according to claim 3 , wherein the casing is disposed so as to cover a second end of the rotational shaft of the electric motor.

6. The electric booster according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes a protrusion portion protruding toward the first magnet and including an inner space,

wherein the protrusion portion is formed at a portion of the casing that corresponds to the first magnet, and

wherein the first magnetism detection element is mounted in the protrusion portion.

7. The electric booster according to claim 1 , wherein one end side of the substrate is fixed by a fixation member to the casing, and

wherein the other end side of the substrate is supported on the casing by a pressing member provided between the substrate and the casing, and

wherein a surface of the pressing member is out of abutment with the casing.

8. The electric booster according to claim 7 , wherein the other end side of the substrate is inserted in a hollow portion provided on an input member side of the casing, and

wherein the pressing member is provided in a space between the substrate and the casing in the hollow portion.

9. The electric booster according to claim 7 , wherein the pressing member biases the substrate and the casing in a direction for separating them away from each other.

10. The electric booster according to claim 7 , wherein the pressing member includes an engagement portion engaged with the casing, and an abutment portion formed integrally with this engagement portion and placed in abutment with the substrate, and

wherein the engagement portion and the abutment portion are elastically deformable in a direction in which the engagement portion and the abutment portion are in close proximity to each other and in a direction in which they are away from each other.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057434/0478 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 26, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057265/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: FUKAYAMA, NORIHISA; TSUCHIYA, HIDEKAZU; SHIMIZU, SHINJI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050050/0682 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP032142/2017 · Feb 23, 2017 · national
JP JP144847/2017 · Jul 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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