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Granted Patent B2
US 12,043,234 · App. 17/867,860 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Brake device for vehicle

Inventors: Etsugou Yanagida (Kariya, JP); Kunio Nanba (Kariya, JP); Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
B60T7/06B60T7/042G05G1/46
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Patent No.
US 12,043,234
App. No.
17/867,860
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brake device includes: a brake pedal including a pedal and a lever that rotates about a rotation axis when the pedal is operated; a housing that rotatably supports the lever; a reaction force generator that generates a reaction force to the lever in accordance with a stroke amount of the brake pedal by receiving a force from the lever when the brake pedal is operated; a deformation member including a deformation portion that is deformed by a force received from the lever when the brake pedal is operated in a state where the reaction force generated by the reaction force generator is generated; and a stroke sensor that outputs a signal corresponding to the stroke amount and outputs a value indicating that operation of the brake pedal is abnormal and instructing execution of control for stopping a vehicle when the deformation portion is deformed.

Claims (14)

1. A brake device for a vehicle comprising:

a brake pedal including a pedal and a lever that rotates about a rotation axis when the pedal is operated;

a housing that rotatably supports the lever;

a reaction force generator configured to generate a reaction force to the lever in accordance with a stroke amount of the brake pedal by receiving a force from the lever when the brake pedal is operated;

a deformation member including a deformation portion configured to be deformed by a force received from the lever when the brake pedal is operated in a state where the reaction force generated by the reaction force generator is generated; and

a stopper configured to come into contact with the lever and stop rotation of the lever when the stroke amount is greater than the stroke amount when the deformation portion is deformed.

2. The brake device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper is disposed on the housing.

3. The brake device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper is disposed on the deformation member.

4. The brake device according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation member is disposed on the housing.

5. The brake device according to claim 1 , wherein

the deformation portion includes a contact surface that comes into contact with the lever when the brake pedal is operated, and

the contact surface is curved convexly toward the lever.

6. The brake device according to claim 1 , wherein

an elastic modulus of the stopper is greater than an elastic modulus of the reaction force generator and the deformation member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: YANAGIDA, ETSUGOU; NANBA, KUNIO; HOKUTO, DAISUKE
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060546/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-007568 · Jan 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021000520 · Jan 8, 2021
Related Publication 20220348172A1 · Nov 3, 2022
Cited By (1)
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