A brake actuator comprising a DC motor, a computer configured for: measuring, over time, a current drawn by the motor and a voltage between the terminals of the motor; implementing a Kalman filter in order to compute, from the measured current and voltage, a filtered current drawn by the motor and a filtered rotational speed of a shaft of the motor; computing, from the value of the filtered current and the value of the filtered rotational speed, a clamping force that is produced by the actuator; controlling the motor such that it stops when the computed value of the clamping force reaches a predetermined setpoint value.

An electric brake device installed on a vehicle, including: a rotary body to rotate with a wheel; a friction member to be pushed onto the rotary body; an actuator including an electric motor as a drive source to cause the friction member to be pushed onto the rotary body; and a controller to control a braking force generated by the electric brake device by controlling a supply current supplied to the electric motor, wherein the controller determines, by mutually different methods, a plurality of target supply current components each of which is a component of a target supply current as a target of the supply current, determines the target supply current by adding up the target supply current components, and changes contribution degrees of the respective target supply current components in the determination of the target supply current in accordance with a characteristic of the braking force to be generated.

A main ECU controls a braking force by driving an electric motor of a brake mechanism based on a value detected by a thrust force sensor provided to the brake mechanism. The main ECU calibrates (corrects) the value detected by the thrust force sensor based on a driving force acquired when, while a driving force is applied to left and right front wheels serving as driving wheels with the braking force applied to a rear right wheel or a rear left wheel by the brake mechanism, this driving force exceeds the braking force.

A parking mechanism that includes a wheel disc, a wedge disc, and a drive assembly. An axis of the wheel disc and an axis of the wedge disc both are aligned with an axis of a motor shaft. A wedge groove with an opening facing the wheel disc is formed on a surface of the wedge disc facing the wheel disc, and a movable part in contact with the wheel disc is disposed in the wedge groove. In a direction from a bottom of the wedge groove to the wheel disc, a groove depth at a first end of the wedge groove is greater than a size of the movable part, and a groove depth at a second end of the wedge groove is less than the size of the movable part. The parking mechanism can provide stepless variable parking force.

An electric motor with a rotor and a stator, where the rotor and/or the stator can comprise two or more sections, and a torque ripple caused by the magnetic field(s) associated with a section of the rotor (or stator) can at least partially counters torque ripple caused by the magnetic field(s) associated with other section(s) of the rotor (or stator).

An electric brake apparatus of a vehicle includes a caliper body formed with a cylinder section and a boost force support section disposed to face the cylinder section with a brake disc interposed therebetween; an internal motor installed in the cylinder section, and generating a rotational displacement by application of current; a push rod disposed coaxially with the internal motor; a ball-in-ramp disposed between the internal motor and the push rod, converting the rotation displacement of the internal motor into a linear displacement, and transferring the linear displacement to the push rod; a piston disposed in an open part of the cylinder section, pushed and moved by the push rod; a first friction pad coupled to the piston, and disposed on one side of the brake disc; and a second friction pad coupled to the boost force support section, and disposed on the other side of the brake disc.

A parking brake apparatus for a vehicle includes a motor section receiving electric power from an outside, and generating power; a power transmission section rotated by driving the motor section; a pair of pressing units having rotation axes that are disposed parallel to a rotation axis of the power transmission section, and pressing a brake pad by receiving power from the power transmission section; and a load transmission unit installed between the pair of pressing units, connected to each of the pair of pressing units, and transmitting a pressing load of any one of the pair of pressing units to the other pressing unit.

A land vehicle includes a frame structure, a plurality of wheels supported by the frame structure, and a body supported by the frame structure. The frame structure includes an operator cage that at least partially defines an operator cabin and a rear compartment positioned rearward of the operator cage in a longitudinal direction. The body includes a first sidewall arranged on one side of the vehicle and a second sidewall arranged on another side of the vehicle opposite the first sidewall.

A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a pad unit disposed to face a disc unit; a first caliper body unit fixed to a vehicle body and configured to support the pad unit so that the pad unit is movable; a first pressing unit installed on the first caliper body unit so as to be movable forward or rearward and configured to press the pad unit to apply a main braking force; a second caliper body unit slidably installed on the first caliper body unit; and a second pressing unit installed on the first caliper body unit so as to be movable forward or rearward and configured to press the pad unit to apply a parking braking force together with the second caliper body unit.

The present disclosure relates to a control unit of an electronic parking brake system, including: a plurality of driver circuits which are respectively connected to a first motor and a second motor for providing a driving force to an electronic parking brake to control the first motor and the second motor; a first micro control unit (MCU) which has a plurality of core processors and is connected to a first driver circuit and a second driver circuit receiving a first power according to a reception of an electric parking brake (EPB) switch signal; and a second MCU which has at least one core processor and is connected to a third driver circuit receiving a second power. The control unit can be applied to other exemplary embodiments.