IP Library Granted Patent US 12,291,185
Granted Patent B2
US 12,291,185 · App. 17/789,215 · Granted May 6, 2025

Electronic brake system and control method therefor

Inventor: Kwangseok Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
B60T8/4081B60T8/4036B60T13/686B60T13/745B60T17/221B60T2270/402B60T2270/406
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Patent No.
US 12,291,185
App. No.
17/789,215
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a first pressure chamber provided in front of a hydraulic piston and a second pressure chamber provided at a rear of the hydraulic piston, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by moving the hydraulic piston forward or backward; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic pressure supply device comprises a motor having a plurality of separate system windings for moving the hydraulic piston, and a control valve configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and when a portion of the plurality of separate system windings of the motor fails, the controller is configured to open the control valve to push the hydraulic piston so that a portion of a hydraulic pressure discharged from a pressure chamber is transferred to another pressure chamber.

Claims (37)

1. An electronic brake system, comprising:

a motor comprising a first winding and a second winding;

a piston coupled to the motor through a power transmission member;

a cylinder configured to accommodate the piston, and comprising a first chamber and a second chamber partitioned by the piston;

a flow path coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber;

a control valve provided on the flow path;

a first inverter configured to supply a current to the first winding;

a second inverter configured to supply a current to the second winding; and

a processor configured to control the first inverter, the second inverter and the control valve, based on an output of a pedal displacement sensor,

wherein the processor is configured to open the control valve based on identifying a failure of at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter,

wherein, when the failure of the at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter is not identified, the processor is configured to close the control valve.

2. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first current sensor configured to detect a current supplied to the first winding; and

a second current sensor configured to detect a current supplied to the second winding.

3. The electronic brake system of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the failure of the at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter based on an output of the first current sensor and an output of the second current sensor.

4. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

control the second inverter to drive the motor based on identifying the failure of at least one of the first winding or the first inverter, and

control the first inverter to drive the motor based on identifying the failure of at least one of the second winding or the second inverter.

5. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to open the control valve so that the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber.

6. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the motor so that at least a portion of a hydraulic pressure of the first chamber is provided to the second chamber while the control valve is open.

7. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred from the first chamber to a first wheel cylinder; and

a second hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred from the first chamber to a second wheel cylinder.

8. The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the motor further comprises a stator and a rotor, and

the first winding and the second winding is alternately arranged on the stator.

9. A control method of an electronic brake system comprising a motor comprising a first winding and a second winding, a piston configured to be connected to the motor through a power transmission member, a cylinder configured to accommodate the piston and comprising a first chamber and a second chamber partitioned by the piston, a flow path configured to connect the first chamber and the second chamber, a control valve provided on the flow path, a first inverter configured to supply a current to the first winding; and a second inverter configured to supply a current to the second winding, the control method comprising:

controlling the first inverter, the second inverter and the control valve based on an output of a pedal displacement sensor;

identifying whether at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter fails; and

opening the control valve based on identifying a failure of the at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter; and

when the failure of the at least one of the first winding, the second winding the first inverter or the second inverter is not identified, closing the control valve.

10. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the identifying of whether the at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter fails comprises identifying the failure of the at least one of the first winding, the second winding, the first inverter or the second inverter based on a current supplied to the first winding and a current supplied to the second winding.

11. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising:

controlling the second inverter to drive the motor based on identifying the failure of at least one of the first winding or the first inverter; and

controlling the first inverter to drive the motor based on identifying the failure of at least one of the second winding or the second inverter.

12. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the opening of the control valve comprises opening the control valve so that the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber.

13. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising:

controlling at least one of the first inverter or the second inverter so that at least a portion of a hydraulic pressure of the first chamber is provided to the second chamber while the control valve is open.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: HONG, KWANGSEOK
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060464/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0176046 · Dec 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230029756A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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