A braking method includes: obtaining a first state information of the vehicle, which includes a vehicle mass and a deceleration required by braking; calculating a braking torque according to the first state information, and controlling the vehicle to output an electric braking torque according to the braking torque; obtaining a current vehicle speed and a mechanical braking application delay time; calculating an electric braking exit speed according to the braking torque required by the vehicle and the deceleration required by braking; calculating a mechanical braking application speed according to the mechanical braking application delay time, the deceleration required by braking, and the electric braking exit speed; and determining whether to control the vehicle to unload the electric braking torque, and whether to control the vehicle to apply a mechanical braking torque according to the current vehicle speed, the electric braking exit speed, and the mechanical braking application speed.

An electronic brake motor structure includes a lower housing coupled to a block; a ball screw installed in the center inside the housing and block; a nut member into which the ball screw penetrates to be coupled therewith; a piston coupled to an outer side of the nut member; a hollow shaft coupled to an outer side of a lower part of the piston; a rotor module including a rotor and a magnet, coupled to an outer side of the hollow shaft; a stator module coupled to an outer side of the rotor module; an upper bracket for mounting a first bearing to thereinside; a driven shaft, coupled to an upper part of the ball screw to support the ball screw; a joint member coupled to a bottom of the ball screw with a mounting bolt to support the ball screw and a fourth bearing.

Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including a piston provided to press a pair of brake pads disposed on opposite sides of a brake disk rotating together with a wheel of a vehicle, a nut member provided to press the piston, a spindle member provided to move the nut member, an electric motor provided to rotate the spindle member, an H-bridge having a pair of high-side switching elements and a pair of low-side switching elements to rotate the electric motor in a forward or backward direction, and a controller electrically connected to the H-bridge, wherein the controller is configured to detect a back electromotive force of the electric motor in a motor lock inspection mode for inspecting a lock failure of the electric motor and determine the lock failure of the electric motor based on a change in the detected back electromotive force.

An electric brake device for a vehicle, including: a rotation body that rotates with a wheel; a friction member; and an actuator including (a) a piston configured to come into engagement with the friction member, (b) two electric motors each as a drive source, and (c) a motion converting mechanism configured to convert a rotating motion of each of the two electric motors into an advancing and retracting movement of the piston, the actuator being configured such that the piston is advanced to push the friction member against the rotation body so as to generate a braking force and the piston is retracted to move the friction member away from the rotation body so as to cancel the braking force.

To achieve a brake hydraulic pressure control system for a vehicle which makes it possible to reduce its size as compared to existing ones.

A motor (40) of a brake hydraulic pressure control system (70) according to the present invention is a brushless motor, and is disposed in a space surrounded by a substrate (80) and a housing (85). A stator (41) of the motor (40) includes a coil (42) and a mold part (43) covering the coil (42) with a mold member. The mold part (43) is in contact with a motor housing (50) of the motor (40). The brake hydraulic pressure control system has such a configuration that heat generated by the coil (42) is transmitted to an object, which is in contact with the motor housing (50), by way of the mold part (43) and the motor housing (50).

Provided is a disc brake including: a piston, which has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is configured to press inner and outer brake pads against a disc rotor; a nut member (thrust member) configured to thrust the piston through rotation of a spindle driven by an electric motor; a rotation stopping member configured to restrict rotation of the nut member relative to the piston; a flat surface portion, which is formed on an inner side of the piston, and is configured to restrict rotation of the rotation stopping member and stop the rotation stopping member through engagement; and a fixing member configured to restrict movement of the rotation stopping member in an axial direction relative to the piston. This configuration allows easy manufacture of the nut member.

A brake caliper has a fixed seat. The fixed seat has a first brake lining and a second brake lining. The fixed seat further has a first piston and a second piston that can be pushed by hydraulic oil. A movable seat is slidably disposed on the fixed seat. The movable seat has a link portion that can link the first brake lining and a drive unit that can push the second piston mechanically. The first piston and the second piston can be pushed hydraulically to drive the first brake lining and the second brake lining for braking. The drive unit pushes the second piston to drive the second brake lining, and pushes the movable seat to drive the first brake lining for braking.

Disclosed herein an electric parking brake including a ball-screw type power conversion unit installed in a caliper housing to convert a rotational force into a linear motion, The electric parking brake includes a motor configured to generate a rotational force, a first gear unit including a first connection portion, the first connection portion directly connected to a main helical gear provided on a motor shaft of the motor, a second gear unit including a second connection portion, the second connection portion spaced apart from the first connection portion by a predetermined distance and directly connected to the main helical gear, and a reduction gear unit connected to any one of the first gear unit and the second gear unit and configured to transmit the rotational force generated from the motor to a spindle of the power conversion unit, wherein any one of the first and second gear units is configured to perform a self-locking function when a parking braking force is generated.

A spreader unit for a drum brake is provided with a readjustment device which ensures that the clearance remains substantially constant even in the case of wear on the brake linings. The readjustment device is arranged between actuating pistons and changes the spacing of the actuating pistons in at least one readjustment step when an actuating travel of the first and second brake shoe holders has exceeded a travel setpoint value. A thermally actuable blocking device mechanically prevents the execution of the readjustment step by the readjustment device at a temperature above a temperature setpoint value

Left front electric brake mechanisms apply a braking force to a left front wheel by actuating an “electric motor of a first left front electric brake mechanism” and an “electric motor of a second left front electric brake mechanism” controllable independently of each other. A first ECU (a control portion) acquires a target thrust force instruction value to be generated on the left front electric brake mechanisms based on a target braking force to be applied to the left front wheel. The first ECU (the control portion) outputs a first control instruction for actuating the electric motor of the first left front electric brake mechanism and a second control instruction for actuating the electric motor of the first left front electric brake mechanism according to a change amount of the target thrust force instruction value.