B60T13/16

MILITARY VEHICLE

A military vehicle includes a chassis, an axle, a suspension system, and a driveline. The chassis includes a passenger capsule, a front module coupled to a front end of the passenger capsule, and a rear module coupled to a rear end of the passenger capsule. The axle is supported by the rear module. The suspension system is positioned between the rear module and the axle. The suspension system includes a first gas spring, a second gas spring, a first damper, and a second damper. The first damper and the second damper are cross-plumbed to provide a fluid body roll control function. The driveline is configured to drive the axle. The driveline includes a component having a housing that functions as a structural component of the rear module. The first gas spring, the second gas spring, the first damper, and the second damper are directly coupled to the housing.

MILITARY VEHICLE

A military vehicle includes a chassis, an axle, a suspension system, and a driveline. The chassis includes a passenger capsule, a front module coupled to a front end of the passenger capsule, and a rear module coupled to a rear end of the passenger capsule. The axle is supported by the rear module. The suspension system is positioned between the rear module and the axle. The suspension system includes a first gas spring, a second gas spring, a first damper, and a second damper. The first damper and the second damper are cross-plumbed to provide a fluid body roll control function. The driveline is configured to drive the axle. The driveline includes a component having a housing that functions as a structural component of the rear module. The first gas spring, the second gas spring, the first damper, and the second damper are directly coupled to the housing.

Hydraulic block for redundancy of electronic braking device for vehicle
11485336 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A hydraulic block for redundancy of an electronic braking device may include: a block body having a motor mounting part to which a motor is coupled and a controller mounting part to which an ECU is coupled; hydraulic control ports formed on the block body, and connected to a first output line of a main braking device and a first hydraulic braking line, in order to perform hydraulic braking on ones of front wheels and rear wheels; drain ports formed on the block body, and connected to a second output line of the main braking device and a second hydraulic braking line, in order to reduce the pressure of the others; and a hydraulic circuit configured to form a flow path of operating fluid in the block body, and control the flow rates and pressures of operating fluids passing through the hydraulic control ports and the drain ports.

HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, BRAKING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
20230092225 · 2023-03-23 ·

A hydraulic control unit is provided, including a hydraulic control apparatus with a bidirectional pressurization function, where the hydraulic control apparatus includes a second hydraulic chamber and a first hydraulic chamber. The second hydraulic chamber provides a braking force for a first group of wheel cylinders through a first brake line provided with a first control valve. The first hydraulic chamber provides a braking force for a second group of wheel cylinders through a second brake line provided with a second control valve.

POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURIZING/DEPRESSURIZING PUMP
20230091943 · 2023-03-23 · ·

A pump includes: fluid delivery portions each including a volume variable mechanism, a first port and a second port, and a valve mechanism; and a pump flow path formed by the three or more fluid delivery portions being connected in series, in which a movement range of each of pistons includes a maximum volume position, a minimum volume position, and a switching position, and the pump flow path is configured such that a closing movement process (movement between switching position and minimum volume position) in which the piston moves between the switching position and the minimum volume position by driving of a drive device is sequentially shifted from a first inlet/outlet port toward a second inlet/outlet port or from the second inlet/outlet port toward the first inlet/outlet port among the fluid delivery portions

ELECTRIC BOOSTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
20230088817 · 2023-03-23 · ·

The present disclosure provides an electric booster comprising: a motor piston configured to be moved by a motor; an operating rod configured to be moved in a direction parallel to a moving direction of the motor piston; a reaction disc configured to be pressed and moved by at least one of the motor piston and the operating rod; a master cylinder configured to generate a hydraulic pressure as the reaction disc moves; and a control unit controlling the operation of the motor, wherein the control unit receives the stroke of the brake pedal, calculates a required hydraulic braking force and a required stepping force based on the pedal stroke, and determines a required displacement of the motor piston for generating the required hydraulic braking force and the required stepping force using a contact area between the operating rod and the reaction disc.

Brake device for vehicle and method for controlling the same

The present disclosure relates to a brake device for a vehicle, and a main object of the present disclosure is to provide a brake device for a vehicle which can stably perform an electric parking braking cooperative control process for dynamic parking braking in a state in which the brake device enters a backup mode due to an abnormality or a malfunction generated in a device related to an electric booster in a vehicle equipped the electric booster. In order to achieve the above object, a brake device including a fallback valve which is provided on a hydraulic pressure supply line connected to a wheel brake of a wheel on which an electronic parking brake is installed, and which is configured to selectively shut off brake liquid pressure supplied to the wheel brake, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed.

Brake system
11472388 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A brake system may include an actuating device, in particular a brake pedal; a first piston-cylinder unit having two pistons subjecting the brake circuits to a pressure medium via a valve device, wherein one of the pistons can be actuated by the actuation device; a second piston-cylinder unit having an electric motor drive, a transmission at least one piston to supply at least one of the brake circuits with a pressure medium via a valve device; and a motor pump unit with a valve device to supply the brake circuits with a pressure medium. The brake system may also include a hydraulic travel simulator with a pressure or working chamber which is connected to the first piston-cylinder unit.

Brake system
11472388 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A brake system may include an actuating device, in particular a brake pedal; a first piston-cylinder unit having two pistons subjecting the brake circuits to a pressure medium via a valve device, wherein one of the pistons can be actuated by the actuation device; a second piston-cylinder unit having an electric motor drive, a transmission at least one piston to supply at least one of the brake circuits with a pressure medium via a valve device; and a motor pump unit with a valve device to supply the brake circuits with a pressure medium. The brake system may also include a hydraulic travel simulator with a pressure or working chamber which is connected to the first piston-cylinder unit.

METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC BOOSTER FOR IMPROVING HETEROGENEOUS BRAKING PROPERTIES

A method of controlling an electric booster including a reaction disk, a boosting body and a pedal push rod connected to a pedal and configured to come into contact with the reaction disk, the electric booster being subjected to braking control according to a braking map, includes: a first braking control step of controlling and generating a reaction force at normal times in accordance with a pedal effort by compressing and expanding a fluid while moving the pedal push rod; and a second braking control step of controlling and generating the reaction force in accordance with the pedal effort only in a condition in which the reaction disk and the pedal push rod are in contact with each other by detecting a size of an air gap between the reaction disk and the pedal push rod.