IP Library Granted Patent US 11,932,224
Granted Patent B2
US 11,932,224 · App. 17/283,914 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Brake control device and brake system

Inventors: Kyoshiro Itakura (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Ajima (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Ito (Tokyo, JP); Kenichiro Matsubara (Hitachinaka, JP); Daisuke Goto (Hitachinaka, JP); Makoto Matsuura (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B60T8/172B60T13/746B60T17/221F16D65/183B60T1/065B60T2201/03F16D2066/005F16D2121/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,932,224
App. No.
17/283,914
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a brake control device and a brake system capable of braking with a shortened braking response when shifting from non-braking to braking. A brake control device 10 includes a command value calculation unit 4 that calculates an operation command value required to make a pressing force by which a brake pad 11 a is pressed against a brake disc 11 b reach a target thrust value. The command value calculation unit 4 includes: a clearance command calculation unit 43 that calculates a command value required for contact between the brake pad 11 a and the brake disc 11 b ; and a thrust command calculation unit 40 that calculates a command value required for reaching the target thrust from a state where the brake pad 11 a and the brake disc 11 b are in contact with each other. When calculating the operation command value from a state where the brake pad 11 a and the brake disc 11 b are separated, the command value calculation unit 4 calculates the operation command value by integrating the command value calculated from the clearance command calculation unit 43 and the command value calculated from the thrust command calculation unit 40.

Claims (25)

1. A brake control device, which is mounted on a brake system at least including a piston that moves in a linear motion direction by rotation of an electric motor, a brake pad that is pressed against a brake disc by the movement of the piston, and a position detection unit that detects a position of the piston, and controls a motion of the piston, comprising

a command calculation unit that calculates an operation command value for making a pressing force by which the brake pad is pressed against the brake disc reach a target thrust value,

wherein the command calculation unit includes:

a clearance command calculation unit that calculates a command value required for contact between the brake pad and the brake disc; and

a thrust command calculation unit that calculates a command value required for reaching a target thrust from a state where the brake pad and the brake disc are in contact with each other, and

the command calculation unit calculates the operation command value by integrating the command value calculated from the clearance command calculation unit and the command value calculated from the thrust command calculation unit when calculating the operation command value from a state where the brake pad and the brake disc are separated from each other.

2. The brake control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the command calculation unit includes an operation command calculation unit, and

the operation command calculation unit integrates the command value calculated from the clearance command calculation unit and the command value calculated from the thrust command calculation unit and outputs a position command regarding an advance amount of the piston or the electric motor as the operation command value.

3. The brake control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the command calculation unit further includes a speed command calculation unit,

the speed command calculation unit outputs a speed command regarding the advance amount of the piston or the electric motor as the operation command value based on an output from the operation command calculation unit.

4. The brake control device according to claim 3 , wherein

the command calculation unit further includes a torque command calculation unit,

the speed command calculation unit outputs a torque command regarding the advance amount of the piston or the electric motor as the operation command value based on an output from the speed command calculation unit.

5. The brake control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation command value causes a piston speed to decrease monotonically after the contact between the brake pad and the brake disc, and a piston speed to a position where the brake pad and the brake disc come into contact with each other is determined without depending on a magnitude of the target thrust.

6. The brake control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the operation command calculation unit obtains an operation command value of a piston position by adding the command value calculated from the clearance command calculation unit and the command value calculated from the thrust command calculation unit, and outputs the obtained operation command value of the piston position as the operation command value.

7. A brake system comprising:

a piston that moves in a linear motion direction by rotation of an electric motor;

a brake pad that is pressed against a brake disc by the movement of the piston;

a position detection unit that detects the position of the piston; and

a brake control device that controls a motion of the piston,

wherein the brake control device according to claim 1 is used as the brake control device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066331/0327 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: ITAKURA, KYOSHIRO; AJIMA, TOSHIYUKI; ITO, TAKAHIRO; MATSUBARA, KENICHIRO; GOTO, DAISUKE; MATSUURA, MAKOTO
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066331/0348 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-192392 · Oct 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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