Braking device of motorcycle
First Claim
1. A braking device for a motorcycle in which hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the rear wheel is adjusted according to hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel, wherein:
- a first pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel;
a second pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the front wheel;
a third pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the rear wheel;
a controller effects control of a hydraulic modulator that determines the value of hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel, based upon (1) pressure sensed by the first and third pressure sensors and (2) a hydraulic pressure map selected from hydraulic pressure maps stored in the controller; and
whereinthe hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel is controlled according to a temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel;
the selected hydraulic pressure map is different between (1) a case when the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and (2) a case when the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value; and
more particularlyhydraulic pressure at the rear wheel is set larger for a case when the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds the predetermined value than for a case when the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value.
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Abstract
To enhance a brake feel of a motorcycle adopting a combined brake system. In a braking device for adjusting hydraulic pressure supplied to a brake caliper at a rear wheel according to hydraulic pressure at a front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel of a motorcycle, a pattern for adjusting a brake caliper pressure at the rear wheel is different between a case when a temporal increasing rate of master cylinder pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and a case when the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value. Further, to provide a braking device for a motorcycle wherein a variation of a vertical load of a rear wheel when a brake is applied at a front wheel is inhibited.
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12 Claims
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1. A braking device for a motorcycle in which hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the rear wheel is adjusted according to hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel, wherein:
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a first pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel; a second pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the front wheel; a third pressure sensor senses hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the rear wheel; a controller effects control of a hydraulic modulator that determines the value of hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel, based upon (1) pressure sensed by the first and third pressure sensors and (2) a hydraulic pressure map selected from hydraulic pressure maps stored in the controller; and
whereinthe hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel is controlled according to a temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel; the selected hydraulic pressure map is different between (1) a case when the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and (2) a case when the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value; and
more particularlyhydraulic pressure at the rear wheel is set larger for a case when the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds the predetermined value than for a case when the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A braking device for a motorcycle provided with an input state detecting means for detecting the behavior of a braking member at a front wheel and a hydraulic pressure modulator for producing hydraulic pressure according to a detection signal from the input state detecting means and applying the hydraulic pressure to wheel braking means at the front wheel, comprising:
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a master cylinder for producing hydraulic pressure according to a manipulated variable of a braking member; a pressure sensor on an input side for sensing the hydraulic pressure of the master cylinder; and a pressure sensor on an output side for sensing the hydraulic pressure of wheel braking means at a front wheel; and
whereinin braking, feedback control is applied to the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic pressure modulator based upon signals from the pressure sensor on the input side and the pressure sensor on the output side; full braking judging means for judging whether a rider fully applies, or does not fully apply the brake at the front wheel based upon the behavior of the braking member at the front wheel, the full braking judging means judging whether full braking is, or is not applied based upon the rate of a change of master cylinder pressure acquired based upon a value sensed by the pressure sensor on the input side and a value sensed by the pressure sensor on the output side; wherein when the full braking judging means judges that full braking is applied by the rider, the full braking judging means increases hydraulic pressure produced by the hydraulic pressure modulator according to a detection signal from the input state detecting means and changes a pressure intensification characteristic of the wheel braking means at the front wheel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A braking device for a motorcycle in which hydraulic pressure supplied to a wheel braking means at the rear wheel is adjusted according to hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by a brake operation at the front wheel, comprising:
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a controller that (1) ascertains a value of a temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel produced by brake operation at the front wheel, (2) stores control schemes for adjusting hydraulic pressure and (3) effects control of the hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel according to the value of the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel; and
whereinthe controller effects (1) a first control scheme for adjusting the hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel when the value of the temporal increasing rate of the hydraulic pressure at the front wheel is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and (2) another control scheme for adjusting the hydraulic pressure at the rear wheel when the value of the temporal increasing rate is below the predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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