An emergency controller includes an emergency stop switch to be activated upon detection of an emergency, a control section to be enabled upon activation of the emergency stop switch, and an emergency stop mechanism configured to execute and release braking by a brake mechanism under control of the control section. The control section is configured to perform execution control for causing the emergency stop mechanism to execute braking by the brake mechanism and for stopping operation of the engine upon the condition that the emergency stop switch is activated while the engine is in operation. The control section is configured to perform restoration control for causing the emergency stop mechanism to release the braking by the brake mechanism upon the condition that the emergency stop switch is deactivated and the engine is started.

The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides an electromechanical braking apparatus including a rod configured to translate in response to a depression of a brake pedal, a master cylinder configured to receive brake oil and to be responsive to insertion of the rod for discharging the brake oil, a motor, and a gear mechanism having at least some part connected to the master cylinder and at least some other part connected to the motor, wherein the gear mechanism including an upper housing configured to receive at least some portion of a plurality of gears, and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and configured to receive at least some other portion of the plurality of gears.

Disclosed is an actuator of an electronic brake system including: a drive unit generating a power and including a motor having a stator and a rotor; a piston unit operated by the drive unit and including a piston reciprocating in a bore chamber provided in a piston housing to contain a fluid; a power transmission unit having one end coupled to the rotor and the other end coupled to the piston to convert a rotational motion of the rotor into a linear motion of the piston; a sensing magnet coupled to the power transmission unit to rotate along the motor; and a motor position sensor disposed coaxially with and spaced apart from the sensing magnet to sense a position of the motor based on the rotation of the sensing magnet.

The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides an electromechanical braking apparatus including a rod configured to translate in response to a depression of a brake pedal, a master cylinder configured to receive brake oil and to be responsive to insertion of the rod for discharging the brake oil, a motor, and a gear mechanism having at least some part connected to the master cylinder and at least some other part connected to the motor, wherein the gear mechanism including an upper housing configured to receive at least some portion of a plurality of gears, and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and configured to receive at least some other portion of the plurality of gears.

A hydraulic unit of a hydraulic power brake system. The hydraulic unit includes a connecting plate for fastening the hydraulic unit to a bulkhead of a motor vehicle. The hydraulic unit additionally comprises an additional adapter plate which is adapted to connect the connecting plate to the bulkhead in order to at least partially establish a relative spatial arrangement of the hydraulic unit relative to the bulkhead.

Disclosed is an actuator of an electronic brake system including: a motor having a stator and a rotor for generating a rotational force by an electrical signal, the rotor having an accommodating space therein; a power conversion unit disposed in the accommodating space, and including a spindle rotated by a rotational force of the rotor and a nut coupled to the spindle to be linearly moved by rotation of the spindle; a piston coupled to move with the nut; and a sleeve coupled to one end of the rotor by a bearing so that the rotor is relatively rotatable and having an inner space communicating with the accommodating space and accommodating the piston so as to be able to move forward and backward.

A hydraulic operating device for a small vehicle including a bicycle comprises a base member, a mounting structure, an operating member, and a piston. The base member includes a cylinder bore having a cylinder axis. The mounting structure defines a mounting axis linearly extending along the handlebar in a mounting state where the base member is mounted on a handlebar with the mounting structure. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a first pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The cylinder axis is non-perpendicular to the mounting axis as viewed along the first pivot axis in the mounting state. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The piston is coupled to the operating member to be pulled in response to a pivotal movement of the operating member from the rest position to the operated position.

A brake system includes a service brake and a parking brake that brake a vehicle including a lift axle capable of ascending and descending. The brake system further includes a brake blocker device and a controller that controls the brake blocker device. The brake blocker device blocks at least one of supply of compressed air to the service brake and supply of compressed air to the parking brake. The service brake and the parking brake act on the lift axle. The controller actuates the brake blocker device when the lift axle is at a lifted position.

A method for controlling a force representative of a parking braking of a vehicle, having the steps of: determining, by a data processing unit, a target value of a force representative of a parking braking of the vehicle to be applied, by a first brake caliper, on a first brake disc on the basis of a value of the gradient of the road on which the vehicle is located; determining, by the data processing unit, a value of a first force contribution representative of a service braking of the vehicle applied by a first hydraulic actuator on the first brake disc; determining, by the data processing unit, a value of a second force contribution representative of the parking braking of the vehicle to be applied, by a second electromechanical actuator, on the first brake disc on the basis of a target value of a force representative of a parking braking of the vehicle which can be applied by the first brake caliper on the first brake disc, and of the determined value of the first force contribution representative of a service braking of the vehicle; operating, by the data processing unit, the second electromechanical actuator to apply the determined value of the second force contribution representative of the parking braking of the vehicle on the first brake disc.

A brake device and an automatic driving vehicle using the same are provided. The brake device includes an electrically controlled brake assembly, a mechanically controlled brake assembly and a shaft. The electrically controlled brake assembly has a main body and a brake control link. The shaft is connected between the electrically controlled brake assembly and the mechanically controlled brake assembly. The mechanically controlled brake assembly includes a pedal, an elbow, a brake link group and a brake pump. The first end is connected to the pedal, and the fulcrum is between the first end and the second end and is located close to the second end. The brake link group is connected between the elbow and the brake control link. The brake pump has an adjustable rod, and one link of the brake link group is connected to the adjustable rod.