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US 12,552,352 · App. 17/802,737 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Brake hydraulic pressure control system and straddle-type vehicle

Inventors: Katsunori Koike (Kanagawa, JP); Mikiya Kotaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B60T8/1706B62L3/023B62L3/04
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Patent No.
US 12,552,352
App. No.
17/802,737
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To achieve a brake hydraulic pressure control system which makes it possible to suppress an increase of the manufacturing cost as compared to existing brake hydraulic pressure control systems which ground a control board using a coil spring. A brake hydraulic pressure control system according to the present invention includes: a metallic substrate ( 80 ) in which a flow channel for brake fluid is formed; and a control board ( 76 ) of a hydraulic pressure control mechanism for the brake fluid provided in the flow channel. The brake hydraulic pressure control system according to the present invention further includes at least one conductive plate spring ( 90 ) which is provided between the control board ( 76 ) and a component that is electrically connected to the substrate ( 80 ). The free length of the plate spring ( 90 ) is longer than the distance between the control board ( 76 ) and the component, and the plate spring ( 90 ) has a first end part ( 93 ) connected to the control board ( 76 ) and a second end part ( 94 ) connected to the component.

Claims (30)

1 . A brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) for a straddle-type vehicle ( 100 ), the control system ( 70 ) comprising:

a metallic substrate ( 80 ) in which a flow channel for brake fluid is formed;

a control board ( 76 ) of a hydraulic pressure control mechanism for the brake fluid provided in the flow channel; and

a housing ( 85 ) which houses therein the control board ( 76 ) and is connected to the substrate ( 80 ); and

a plate spring ( 90 ) disposed between the control board ( 76 ) and a component that is disposed in a space surrounded by the substrate ( 80 ) and the housing ( 85 ) and that is electrically connected to the substrate ( 80 ),

wherein a free length of the plate spring ( 90 ) is longer than a distance between the control board ( 76 ) and the component,

wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) has a first end part ( 93 ) connected to the control board ( 76 ) and a second end part ( 94 ) connected to the component,

wherein the free length of the plate spring ( 90 ) is longer than the distance between the control board ( 76 ) and the component due to compression of the free length of the plate spring ( 90 ) between the control board ( 76 ) and the component,

wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) includes, at at least one position of a portion between the first end part ( 93 ) and the second end part ( 94 ), a bend part ( 95 ) which bends in a thickness direction of the plate spring ( 90 ),

wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) includes a first plate spring ( 91 ) and a second plate spring ( 92 ), and

wherein the bend part ( 95 ) of the first plate spring ( 91 ) and the bend part ( 95 ) of the second plate spring ( 92 ) bend in opposite directions from each other.

2 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

the hydraulic pressure control mechanism includes:

a pump device ( 31 ) in the flow channel; and

a motor ( 40 ) which is a driving source for the pump device ( 31 ),

the motor ( 40 ) is disposed in the space surrounded by the substrate ( 80 ) and the housing ( 85 ),

the motor ( 40 ) includes:

a rotor ( 44 );

a stator ( 41 ); and

a motor housing ( 50 ) which houses therein the rotor ( 44 ) and the stator ( 41 ), and the motor housing ( 50 ) is the component.

3 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the brake hydraulic pressure control system is mounted to the straddle-type vehicle ( 100 ) in such a posture that a width direction of the plate spring ( 90 ) does not extend horizontally.

4 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) includes, in the second end part ( 94 ), a planar part ( 97 ) which is connected to the component.

5 . A straddle-type vehicle ( 100 ) comprising the brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 1 .

6 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) includes, at at least one position of a portion between the first end part ( 93 ) and the second end part ( 94 ), a bend part ( 95 ) which bends in a thickness direction of the plate spring ( 90 ).

7 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 6 , wherein

the plate spring ( 90 ) includes a first plate spring ( 91 ) and a second plate spring ( 92 ), and

the bend part ( 95 ) of the first plate spring ( 91 ) and the bend part ( 95 ) of the second plate spring ( 92 ) bend in opposite directions from each other.

8 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 7 , wherein the brake hydraulic pressure control system is mounted to the straddle-type vehicle ( 100 ) in such a posture that a width direction of the plate spring ( 90 ) does not extend horizontally.

9 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the plate spring ( 90 ) includes, in the second end part ( 94 ), a planar part ( 97 ) which is connected to the component.

10 . The brake hydraulic pressure control system ( 70 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a motor housing ( 50 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: KOIKE, KATSUNORI; KOTAKA, MIKIYA
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-031445 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230130988A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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