IP Library Granted Patent US 12,623,639
Granted Patent B2
US 12,623,639 · App. 17/794,615 · Granted May 12, 2026

Electronic brake system and control method therefor

Inventors: Kyoungjin Joo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinkuk Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
B60T7/042B60Q9/00B60T8/176B60T13/74B60W50/16H02P21/22H02P27/06B60T2270/10B60T2270/82B60T2270/84B60Y2400/81
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Patent No.
US 12,623,639
App. No.
17/794,615
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic brake system includes: a master cylinder connected to a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device including a motor that generates a rotational force and a hydraulic piston movably accommodated in a pressure chamber, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by a movement of the hydraulic piston; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; a hydraulic block in which the master cylinder, the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit are integrated; and a controller configured to control the motor and the hydraulic control unit, wherein, during an anti-lock braking system (ABS) operation, the controller is configured to generate vibration in the motor by supplying the motor with an excitation current for exciting the motor to notify a driver of the ABS operation by vibration of the brake pedal.

Claims (24)

1 . An electronic brake system, comprising:

a master cylinder connected to a brake pedal;

a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a motor that generates a rotational force and a hydraulic piston movably accommodated in a pressure chamber, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by a movement of the hydraulic piston;

a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device;

a hydraulic block in which the master cylinder, the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit are integrated; and

a controller configured to control the motor and the hydraulic control unit,

wherein, the controller is configured to, during an anti-lock braking system (ABS) operation, add an excitation current for exciting the motor to a current for controlling a speed of the motor such that the motor is vibrated by the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor, and transmit vibration, generated by the motor's being vibrated by the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor, to the brake pedal through the hydraulic block in which the motor and the brake pedal are jointly mounted to notify a driver of the ABS operation.

2 . The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate vibration simulating a kickback of the brake pedal in the motor in an ABS operation period.

3 . The electronic brake system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to periodically repeat an ABS operation notification ON period for which the excitation current is supplied and an ABS operation notification OFF period for which the excitation current is not supplied, in the ABS operation period.

4 . The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to supply the motor with an excitation current of a frequency which does not overlap an ABS operation frequency band.

5 . The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate the vibration in the motor to generate vibration simulating a kickback of the brake pedal in an ABS operation period and generate an alarm sound due to shaking of a vehicle body.

6 . The electronic brake system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to supply the motor with an excitation current having a plurality of frequencies different from each other.

7 . The electronic brake system of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to supply the motor with an excitation current in which a first frequency and a second frequency are continuously repeated, to generate an alarm sound where two sounds are repeated.

8 . The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein, during the ABS operation, the controller is configured to generate the excitation current by adding an excitation current command for generating the excitation current to a q-axis current command among the q-axis current command and a d-axis current command generated according to a target pressure.

9 . The electronic brake system of claim 1 , wherein the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor is a dithering signal.

10 . A control method of an electronic brake system comprising a master cylinder connected to a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a motor that generates a rotational force and a hydraulic piston movably accommodated in a pressure chamber, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by a movement of the hydraulic piston; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; a hydraulic block in which the master cylinder, the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit are integrated; and a controller configured to control the motor and the hydraulic control unit, the control method comprising:

during an ABS operation, adding an excitation current for exciting the motor to a current for controlling a speed of the motor such that the motor is vibrated by the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor to notify a driver of the ABS operation, and

transmitting vibration, generated by the motor's being vibrated by the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor, to the brake pedal through the hydraulic block in which the motor and the brake pedal are jointly mounted.

11 . The control method of claim 10 , wherein vibration simulating a kickback of the brake pedal is caused to be generated in the motor in an ABS operation period.

12 . The control method of claim 11 , wherein an ABS operation notification ON period for which the excitation current is supplied and an ABS operation notification OFF period for which the excitation current is not supplied are periodically repeated in the ABS operation period.

13 . The control method of claim 10 , wherein the vibration is caused to be generated in the motor to generate vibration simulating a kickback of the brake pedal in an ABS operation period and generate an alarm sound due to shaking of a vehicle body.

14 . The control method of claim 13 , wherein the motor is supplied with an excitation current having a plurality of frequencies different from each other.

15 . The control method of claim 14 , wherein the motor is supplied with an excitation current in which a first frequency and a second frequency are continuously repeated, to generate an alarm sound where two sounds are repeated.

16 . The control method of claim 10 , wherein the excitation current added to the current for controlling the speed of the motor is a dithering signal.

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 Aug 16, 2022
From: JOO, KYOUNGJIN; PARK, JINKUK
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061201/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0009190 · Jan 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230061412A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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