Vehicle brake system
A highly reliable vehicle brake system including an electric brake is provided. A vehicle brake system ( 1 ) includes electric brakes ( 16 a to 16 d ) provided with motors ( 80 to 85 ), drivers ( 60 to 65 ) that drive the motors ( 80 to 85 ), and a control device that controls the drivers ( 60 to 65 ). The electric brake ( 16 a ) includes two motors ( 80 and 81 ), and the control device includes separate drivers ( 60 and 61 ) respectively corresponding to the two motors ( 80 and 81 ). The control device includes a first master controller ( 30 ) and a first sub-controller ( 40 ). The first master controller ( 30 ) controls the driver ( 61 ) corresponding to the motor ( 81 ), and the first sub-controller ( 40 ) controls the driver ( 60 ) corresponding to the motor 80.
1. A vehicle brake system comprising:
an electric brake including a first electric actuator and a second electric actuator that presses a friction pad toward a rotor side;
a plurality of drivers that drives the first electric actuator and the second electric actuator; and
a first control device that controls the plurality of drivers,
each of the plurality of drivers corresponding to one of the first electric actuator and the second electric actuator, wherein
the first control device includes a first controller and a second controller,
the first controller controls a driver corresponding to one of the first and second electric actuators, and the second controller controls a driver corresponding to the other of the first and second electric actuators,
the first controller includes:
a first driver control unit; and
a first braking force calculation unit,
the second controller includes:
a second driver control unit; and
a second braking force calculation unit, and
the vehicle brake system further comprising a behavior control unit provided only in the first controller, the behavior control unit configured to control a behavior of a vehicle by controlling the first driver control unit and the second driver control unit.
2. The vehicle brake system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second control device including a third controller.
3. The vehicle brake system according to claim 1 , wherein
output signals from the plurality of electric actuators are input into the first controller and the second controller.
4. The vehicle brake system according to claim 1 , wherein
the electric brake including the plurality of electric actuators is provided to a front wheel.
5. The vehicle brake system according to claim 2 , wherein
the third controller includes:
a third driver control unit; and
a third braking force calculation unit.
6. The vehicle brake system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first controller further includes a first determination unit;
the second controller further includes a second determination unit; and
the third controller further includes a third determination unit,
wherein the first determination unit, the second determination unit, and the third determination unit compare calculation results from the first braking force calculation unit, the second braking force calculation unit, and the third braking force calculation unit, and determine a braking force using a majority decision.
7. A vehicle brake system comprising:
an electric brake including a first electric actuator and a second electric actuator that presses a friction pad toward a rotor side;
a first driver that drives the first electric actuator, and a second driver that drives the second electric actuator;
a first control device that controls the first driver,
a second control device, provided separately from the first control device, that controls the second driver, wherein
the first control device includes a first controller, and the second control device includes a second controller,
the first controller includes:
a first driver control unit; and
a first braking force calculation unit, and
the second controller includes:
a second driver control unit; and
a second braking force calculation unit, and
the vehicle brake system further comprising a behavior control unit provided only in the first controller, the behavior control unit configured to control a behavior of the a vehicle by controlling the first driver control unit and the second driver control unit.