Pedal simulator for active brake system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9383765-B2
Application number	US-201414308394-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2014
Priority date	Oct 15, 2013
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a pedal simulator for an active brake system. According to an aspect of the present invention, the a pedal simulator for an active brake system, which is installed at a master cylinder to receive a hydraulic pressure corresponding to a driver's pedal force and to provide pedal feeling to the driver, includes a simulator block having an oil hole connected with the master cylinder at an upper portion thereof and having a bore therein to be in communication with the oil hole, a damping housing coupled to seal a lower end of the bore, a first reaction piston provided in the bore to be slidable by oil introduced from the master cylinder, a second reaction piston slidably provided in the bore and disposed under the first reaction piston to be spaced apart from the first reaction piston in a predetermined distance, a first damping member installed at the first reaction piston to be moved together with the first reaction piston, a second damping member installed at the damping housing and configured to provide a reaction force by pressing of the second reaction piston, and a reaction spring provided between the second reaction piston and the damping housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pedal simulator for an active brake system, which is installed at a master cylinder to receive a hydraulic pressure corresponding to a driver's pedal force and to provide pedal feeling to the driver, comprising:
a simulator block having an oil hole connected with the master cylinder at an upper portion thereof and having a bore therein to be in communication with the oil hole;
a damping housing coupled to seal a lower end of the bore;
a first reaction piston provided in the bore to be slidable by oil introduced from the master cylinder;
a second reaction piston slidably provided in the bore and disposed under the first reaction piston to be spaced apart from the first reaction piston in a predetermined distance;
a first damping member installed at the first reaction piston to be moved together with the first reaction piston;
a second damping member installed at the damping housing and configured to provide a reaction force by pressing of the second reaction piston; and
a reaction spring provided between the second reaction piston and the damping housing,
wherein an insertion groove recessed upward to install the first damping member is formed at a lower end of the first reaction piston, and
the second damping member has a wing part protruding radially from an outer circumferential surface at an upper portion of the second damping member in a non-deformed state of the second damping member,
wherein the wing part is configured to prevent direct contact between the second reaction piston and an upper end of the damping housing when the second damping member is elastically deformed.

2. The pedal simulator according to claim 1 , wherein the second reaction piston comprises a protruding portion configured to protrude toward the first reaction piston, and an extending portion configured to extend from a lower end of the protruding portion in an outer radial direction, and
the protruding portion is in contact with the first damping member so that the first damping member is disposed to be in a state of being pressed by a predetermined degree.

3. The pedal simulator according to claim 1 , wherein the damping housing comprises a body portion disposed to be spaced apart from the second reaction piston in a predetermined distance and having a cylindrical shape of which an upper portion is opened and a receiving space therein, and a flange portion configured to extend from a lower outer circumferential surface of the body portion in a radial direction to support the reaction spring and to be assembled at the bore.

4. The pedal simulator according to claim 1 , wherein the second damping member is formed to protrude toward the second reaction piston, and a pressing section in which the second damping member is pressed by the second reaction piston is formed to have a longer length than a pressing section having a spaced distance between the first reaction piston and the second reaction piston.

5. The pedal simulator according to claim 1 , wherein a stopper is further installed at a lower end of the damping housing to fix the damping housing to the simulator block.

Assignees

• Mando Corp

Inventors

• Kim Yoo-Sang

Classifications

• G05G5/03

  Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce (arrangements for indicating the position of the controlling member G05G1/015) · CPC title

• B60T8/4081

  Systems with stroke simulating devices for driver input (B60T8/4077 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T74/20528

  Foot operated · CPC title

• G05G1/44

  pivoting · CPC title

• G05G1/40 Primary

  adjustable · CPC title