A brake system for a vehicle may include at least two hydraulic brake circuits, each having at least one hydraulically acting wheel brake, at least two pressure supply devices, each of which is driven by an electromotive drive, at least one valve assembly having valves for the wheel-individual adjustment of brake pressures and/or for separating the wheel brakes from, or connecting same to, a pressure supply device, at least one electronic control and regulating unit, one of which is a superordinate central control unit that controls individual control and regulating units of the components of the brake system, as well as at least one additional electric drive motor for at least one axle or wheel of the vehicle. The brake system may use the at least one pressure supply device and/or the at least one electric drive motor for controlling pressure in at least one wheel brake for steering interventions.

A vehicle body speed estimation device and a vehicle body speed estimation method are provided for estimating a vehicle body speed of a four-wheel drive vehicle from a wheel speed of each wheel of the four-wheel drive vehicle. In the vehicle body speed estimation device and a vehicle body speed estimation method, a controller determines whether a deviation of at least two of the wheel speeds among the wheel speeds is within a first prescribed range. The controller switches a method for selecting the wheel speed used for estimating the vehicle body speed between a first method and a second method when a sign of a drive torque that is applied to each of the wheels is reversed and the deviation of at least two of the wheel speeds among the wheel speeds is within the first prescribed range.

The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a braking system comprising: a pedal master unit; an electric booster unit; a reaction disc that generates a pedal force when compressed by at least one of the operating rod or the motor piston; and a controller that, upon receiving a regenerative braking interruption signal during the cooperative braking of the vehicle, senses a pressure change in the master cylinder and compensates for a displacement of the motor piston by an amount corresponding to the pressure change.

Provided is an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; an integrated master cylinder including a master chamber and a simulation chamber; a reservoir flow path to communicate the integrated master cylinder and the reservoir; a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of a brake pedal, and including a first pressure chamber provided on one side of the hydraulic piston accommodated to be movable in a cylinder block and connected to one or more wheel cylinders, and a second pressure chamber provided on another side of the hydraulic piston and connected to the one or more wheel cylinders; a hydraulic control unit having a first hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred to two wheel cylinders and a second hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred to other two wheel cylinders; and an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal.

An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.

An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.

A vehicle braking device includes a first supply unit supplying fluid to main flow channels connected to wheel cylinders of a vehicle, a differential solenoid valve provided on the main flow channels and generating a differential pressure across the differential solenoid valve, a second supply unit supplying fluid to the wheel cylinders by drawing at least some fluid supplied from the first supply unit through branch flow channels branching off from the main flow channels upstream of the differential solenoid valve, and a setting unit setting a supply amount of fluid supplied from the first supply unit in accordance with a draw amount of fluid drawn by the second supply unit.

An apparatus for braking a vehicle includes wheel brakes configured to generate a braking force on each of wheels, a first actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a first motor and a first master cylinder, a second actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a second motor and a second master cylinder, a first electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the first actuator and determining normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators, and a second electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the second actuator and determining the normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators. When the first ECU and the second ECU are determined to be normal, the first ECU controls to brake some of the wheel brakes, and the second ECU controls to brake a remainder of the wheel brakes.

An eco-friendly vehicle and a hill descent control method therefor are provided to enable stable driving on a downhill road. The method includes detecting a downhill road inclination based on a request for hill descent control and determining an average inclination and an inclination variation width based on the recognized downhill road inclination. First braking force of a main braking source from a motor and a hydraulic pressure brake system based on the average inclination and the inclination variation width, and second braking force of an auxiliary braking source from the motor and the hydraulic pressure brake system for each driving wheel based on a target speed set with respect to the hill descent control and a speed of each driving wheel are determined. The first and second braking force are output by a corresponding braking source from the motor and the hydraulic pressure brake system.

A brake apparatus using an electric booster may include: an electric booster connected to a master cylinder and configured to pressure a push rod by pressurizing a reaction disk using an electromotive force of a motor with a pedal stepping force of a driver who steps on a brake pedal, and pressurize a piston of the master cylinder through the push rod; and a control unit configured to compare required brake pressure by the pedal stepping force of the driver and current brake pressure by the motor control to set pressure, and perform cooperation control through an ESC (Electronic Stability Control) and cooperation control through the electric booster.