Slip control mechanism of a car

• US 5,072,995 A
• Filed: 10/29/1990
• Issued: 12/17/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Kawamura, Makoto, Kageyama, Fumio, Okazaki, Haruki, Tsuyama, Toshiaki, Nobumoto, Kazutoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Butler, Douglas C.
• Application Number:
  US07/604,442
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 180/197, 303/100, 303/96, 303/114, 303/116, 303/119, 303/68, 303/69, 303/111, 364/426.03, 364/426.02, 364/424.1, 364/431.07, 192/4 R, 192/4 A, 192/1.21, 188/181 A, 188/181 R
• US Class Current: 303/157
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/175 Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel spin during vehicle acceleration, e.g. for traction control safety devices for propulsion unit control responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels B60K28/16
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/4809 Traction control, stability control, using both the wheel brakes and other automatic braking systems

Abstract

A slip control mechanism of a car has a hydraulic booster for driving a master cylinder for providing hydraulic pressure to a first brake provided for each driven wheel, a second brake provided for each driving wheel, a slip detection device for detecting the slip of driving wheels, a slip control device for operating the second brake, based on signals from the slip detecting device, by using the operating oil of the hydraulic booster as operating oil of the second brake so as to reduce the slip of the driving wheels, the control device comprising a pressure control valve for controlling hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake, including a pressure reducing valve for reducing the hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake, detection device for detecting completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake, and a release device for opening the pressure reducing valve for a predetermined time so as to release the operating oil of the second brake on the occasion of the completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake.

Claims

1. A slip control mechanism of a car comprising:

hydraulic booster means for driving master cylinder means for providing hydraulic pressure to first brake means provided for each driven wheel;

second brake means provided for each driving wheel;

slip detection means for detecting slip of driving wheels;

slip control means for operating the second brake means, based on signals from the slip detecting means, by using the operating oil of the hydraulic booster means as operating oil of the second brake means so as to reduce the slip of the driving wheels, said control means comprising pressure control valve means for controlling hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake means, including pressure reducing valve means for reducing the hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake means;

detection means for detecting completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake means; and

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release means for opening the pressure reducing valve means for a predetermined time so as to release the operating oil of the second brake means on the occasion of the completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake means.

2. A slip control mechanism of a car in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said pressure reducing valve means comprises outlet valve means of an antilock brake system of the car.

3. A slip control mechanism of a car in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said detecting means for detecting completion of the slip control comprises a brake switch which is turned on when a brake pedal is pushed.

4. A slip control mechanism of a car in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said release means has braking force detecting means for detecting a braking force acting on the driving wheels, and has time control means for allowing said predetermined time to have a linear relationship to the magnitude of the braking force acting on the driving wheels.

5. A slip control mechanism of a car in accordance with claim 4 wherein:

said pressure control valve means has closing value means for restricting the supply of the operating oil to the second braking means; and

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said pressure reducing valve means is disposed between the closing valve means and the second brake means.

6. A slip control mechanism of a car in accordance with claim 5 wherein:

said pressure control valve means is provided for each driving wheel.

7. A slip control mechanism of a car comprising:

hydraulic booster means for driving master cylinder means for providing hydraulic pressure to first brake means provided for each driven wheel;

second brake means provided for each driving wheel;

slip detection means for detecting slip of the driving wheels;

first slip control means for operating the second brake means, based on signals from the slip detecting means, by using the operating oil of the hydraulic booster means as operating oil of the second brake means so as to reduce the slip of the driving wheels, said control means comprising pressure control valve means for controlling hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake means, including pressure reducing valve means for reducing the hydraulic pressure of the operating oil of the second brake means;

detection means for detecting completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake means;

release means for opening the pressure reducing valve means for a predetermined time so as to release the operating oil of the second brake means on the occasion of the completion of the slip control by the operation of the second brake means; and

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second slip control means for decreasing output torque of an engine of the car, based on the signals from the slip detecting means, by decreasing throttle opening of the engine so as to reduce the slip of the driving wheels.