Example hydraulic brake actuators and related methods are disclosed herein. An example hydraulic brake actuator includes a rotary valve disposed in a bore of a housing. The rotary valve includes a shaft rotatably disposed within a sleeve. The sleeve and the shaft have ports that align at certain rotational positions to create a flow path between the bore and an inner chamber of the shaft. The example hydraulic brake actuator also includes a pump coupled to the shaft to increase and decrease a pressure within the inner chamber of the shaft.

Example hydraulic brake actuators and related methods are disclosed herein. An example hydraulic brake actuator includes a rotary valve disposed in a bore of a housing. The rotary valve includes a shaft rotatably disposed within a sleeve. The sleeve and the shaft have ports that align at certain rotational positions to create a flow path between the bore and an inner chamber of the shaft. The example hydraulic brake actuator also includes a pump coupled to the shaft to increase and decrease a pressure within the inner chamber of the shaft.

Provided is a pump device capable of suppressing an increase in size of a housing. The pump device includes: a housing including therein an oil passage and a pump; a motor configured to drive the pump; a motor mounting surface which is formed on one side surface of the housing, and to which the motor is mounted; a first port which is formed on the motor mounting surface, and to which a pipe connected to a master cylinder is mounted; a first surface formed so as to continue to the motor mounting surface, and including a second port to which a pipe connected to a wheel cylinder is mounted; a second surface formed so as to continue to the motor mounting surface and the first surface; and a third port which is formed on the second surface, and to which a pipe connecting an external device and the oil passage to each other is fixed.

Provided is a pump device capable of suppressing an increase in size of a housing. The pump device includes: a housing including therein an oil passage and a pump; a motor configured to drive the pump; a motor mounting surface which is formed on one side surface of the housing, and to which the motor is mounted; a first port which is formed on the motor mounting surface, and to which a pipe connected to a master cylinder is mounted; a first surface formed so as to continue to the motor mounting surface, and including a second port to which a pipe connected to a wheel cylinder is mounted; a second surface formed so as to continue to the motor mounting surface and the first surface; and a third port which is formed on the second surface, and to which a pipe connecting an external device and the oil passage to each other is fixed.

A vehicle brake system including a hydraulic brake device that includes: a brake actuator including a pump and a two-system electric motor that includes first and second coils; a battery; a first drive circuit for supplying electric power from the battery to the first coil; a capacitor; and a second drive circuit for supplying electric power from the capacitor to the second coil, wherein, in a normal mode in which the pump is driven by power not greater than set power, the motor drives the pump by the electric power supplied from the battery to the first coil, and wherein, in a high power mode in which the pump is driven by power that exceeds the set power, the motor drives the pump by both of the electric power supplied from the battery to the first coil and the electric power supplied from the capacitor to the second coil.

A vehicle brake system including a hydraulic brake device that includes: a brake actuator including a pump and a two-system electric motor that includes first and second coils; a battery; a first drive circuit for supplying electric power from the battery to the first coil; a capacitor; and a second drive circuit for supplying electric power from the capacitor to the second coil, wherein, in a normal mode in which the pump is driven by power not greater than set power, the motor drives the pump by the electric power supplied from the battery to the first coil, and wherein, in a high power mode in which the pump is driven by power that exceeds the set power, the motor drives the pump by both of the electric power supplied from the battery to the first coil and the electric power supplied from the capacitor to the second coil.

The invention provides a vehicle brake system including a brake assembly providing a service brake and a parking brake having a brake disc assembly in common, a service brake circuit, a parking brake circuit, and a brake control arrangement adapted to control the service brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between a pressurising arrangement and the service brake via the service brake circuit, the brake control arrangement further being adapted to control the parking brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between the pressurising arrangement and the parking brake via the parking brake circuit, and by selectively draining the parking brake circuit, wherein the vehicle brake system includes a draining circuit adapted to drain the service brake circuit to avoid overload of the brake disc assembly.

The invention provides a vehicle brake system including a brake assembly providing a service brake and a parking brake having a brake disc assembly in common, a service brake circuit, a parking brake circuit, and a brake control arrangement adapted to control the service brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between a pressurising arrangement and the service brake via the service brake circuit, the brake control arrangement further being adapted to control the parking brake by selectively providing a fluid communication between the pressurising arrangement and the parking brake via the parking brake circuit, and by selectively draining the parking brake circuit, wherein the vehicle brake system includes a draining circuit adapted to drain the service brake circuit to avoid overload of the brake disc assembly.

An electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems, including at least one electronic control unit, at least one hydraulic unit and at least one electric motor for driving a hydraulic pump, wherein the electronic control unit is mechanically connected to the hydraulic unit and is sealed off from the outer environment in at least one connection zone to the hydraulic unit by a circumferential, in particular elastic sealing material, and the sealing material extends along an edge of the substantially cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit, wherein the edge is formed by a face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit facing the electronic control unit and at least one face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit not facing the electronic control unit, and the sealing material at least partially covers both cuboid faces in the connection zone and/or sealing zone.

An electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems, including at least one electronic control unit, at least one hydraulic unit and at least one electric motor for driving a hydraulic pump, wherein the electronic control unit is mechanically connected to the hydraulic unit and is sealed off from the outer environment in at least one connection zone to the hydraulic unit by a circumferential, in particular elastic sealing material, and the sealing material extends along an edge of the substantially cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit, wherein the edge is formed by a face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit facing the electronic control unit and at least one face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit not facing the electronic control unit, and the sealing material at least partially covers both cuboid faces in the connection zone and/or sealing zone.