Provided is an electronic brake system including: a hydraulic pressure supply device including a motor, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by rotating the motor to move a piston in a first direction or a second direction; a hydraulic circuit configured to guide the hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pressure supply device to a wheel cylinder; a motor position sensor configured to detect a rotation of the motor; a pressure sensor configured to detect a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic circuit; and a controller configured to identify a position of the piston based on the rotation of the motor, and if the detected hydraulic pressure is greater than or equal to a reference pressure, identify whether a target pressure is securable based on the position of the piston, and control a direction change of the piston based on whether the predetermined target pressure is securable.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic brake system and an operation method thereof. The electronic brake system includes a reservoir in which a fluid is stored, a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston in response to a signal from a pedal displacement sensor detecting a displacement of a brake pedal, a hydraulic control unit including a first hydraulic unit configured to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred from the hydraulic pressure supply device to a first hydraulic circuit including two wheel cylinders, and a second hydraulic unit configured to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred from the hydraulic pressure supply device to a second hydraulic circuit including other two wheel cylinders.

The present disclosure relates to a master cylinder and an electronic brake system having the same. The master cylinder includes a cylinder block having a bore of a multi-stage form in a longitudinal direction therein, a first master chamber and a second master chamber sequentially arranged in series in the bore, a first master piston provided to move in connection with an operation of a brake pedal and to pressurize the first master chamber, a second master piston provided to be displaceable by a displacement of the first master piston or a hydraulic pressure in the first master chamber and to pressurize the second master chamber, and a pedal simulator interposed between the first master piston and the second master piston to provide a reaction force to the brake pedal, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first master piston is provided to be relatively larger than a cross-sectional area of the second master piston.

Disclosed herein an electronic brake system includes a reservoir provided with spaces for storing oil, the spaces configured to be partitioned; a master cylinder connected to the reservoir, the master cylinder including first and second master chambers and first and second pistons provided in each master chamber, to discharge oil according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device operated by an electrical signal to generate hydraulic pressure and including first and second pressure chambers and a hydraulic piston; a first hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left front and right front wheels; and a second hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left rear and right rear wheels; wherein hydraulic pressure returned from the wheel cylinders and hydraulic pressure returned from the second pressure chamber flow into the same reservoir chamber.

A two stage brake actuation system including a push rod, a first actuator coupled to the push rod, and a second actuator. The first actuator may apply a first force to the push rod to move it between a brake clearance position and a brake adjacent position. The second actuator may apply a second force to the push rod to move it between the brake adjacent position and a brake applied position. The first actuator may be a large displacement, low force actuator, and the second actuator may be a small displacement, high force actuator. A method for braking a vehicle by applying a first force to a push rod to move it a first distance from a brake clearance to a brake adjacent position, and applying a second force to the push rod to move it a second distance from the brake adjacent to a brake applied position.

Disclosed herein an electronic brake system includes a reservoir provided with spaces for storing oil, the spaces configured to be partitioned; a master cylinder connected to the reservoir, the master cylinder including first and second master chambers and first and second pistons provided in each master chamber, to discharge oil according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device operated by an electrical signal to generate hydraulic pressure and including first and second pressure chambers and a hydraulic piston; a first hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left front and right front wheels; and a second hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left rear and right rear wheels; wherein hydraulic pressure returned from the wheel cylinders and hydraulic pressure returned from the second pressure chamber flow into the same reservoir chamber.

The present disclosure relates to a master cylinder and an electronic brake system having the same. The master cylinder includes a cylinder block having a bore of a multi-stage form in a longitudinal direction therein, a first master chamber and a second master chamber sequentially arranged in series in the bore, a first master piston provided to move in connection with an operation of a brake pedal and to pressurize the first master chamber, a second master piston provided to be displaceable by a displacement of the first master piston or a hydraulic pressure in the first master chamber and to pressurize the second master chamber, and a pedal simulator interposed between the first master piston and the second master piston to provide a reaction force to the brake pedal, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first master piston is provided to be relatively larger than a cross-sectional area of the second master piston.

The present disclosure relates to a master cylinder and an electronic brake system having the same. The master cylinder includes a cylinder block having a bore of a multi-stage form in a longitudinal direction therein, a first master chamber and a second master chamber sequentially arranged in series in the bore, a first master piston provided to move in connection with an operation of a brake pedal and to pressurize the first master chamber, a second master piston provided to be displaceable by a displacement of the first master piston or a hydraulic pressure in the first master chamber and to pressurize the second master chamber, and a pedal simulator interposed between the first master piston and the second master piston to provide a reaction force to the brake pedal, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first master piston is provided to be relatively larger than a cross-sectional area of the second master piston.

A power pressure device. In the power pressure device, in particular for a hydraulic unit of a vehicle brake system, with a housing having a motor side for installing a motor driving the power pressure device and a control unit side, opposite the motor side, for installing a control unit controlling the motor, a cylinder arranged in the housing and extending with its cylinder axis from the motor side to the control unit side, and a piston axially displaceably guided in the cylinder and delimiting, with its piston end face, a cylinder chamber, the cylinder chamber is a first cylinder chamber and an additional second cylinder chamber is provided in the cylinder.