Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Braking apparatus for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆制动装置
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Application No.: US13145812Application Date: 2009-11-09
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Publication No.: US09010881B2Publication Date: 2015-04-21
- Inventor: Yoshihide Sekiya , Shiro Monzaki , Yasuaki Tsurumi
- Applicant: Yoshihide Sekiya , Shiro Monzaki , Yasuaki Tsurumi
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/069411 WO 20091109
- International Announcement: WO2011/055464 WO 20110512
- Main IPC: B60T8/32
- IPC: B60T8/32 ; B60T7/04 ; B60T1/10 ; B60T8/1766 ; B60T8/26 ; B60T13/58 ; B60T17/22 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L7/26 ; B60L11/14 ; B60T13/74

Abstract:
An electronic control unit inputs from temperature sensors a temperature of the heating side of a thermoelectric conversion section assembled to each of brake units provided for left and right rear wheels. When the temperature of the heating side is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, the electronic control unit drives and controls a brake hydraulic pressure control section so as to operate the brake units preferentially over brake units provided for left and right front wheels. With this operation, each of the brake units generates friction heat, and heats the heating side of the corresponding thermoelectric conversion section, whereby the thermoelectric conversion section efficiently collects thermal energy and generates electrical power. Meanwhile, when the heating side temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature, the electronic control unit drives and controls the brake hydraulic pressure control section so as to decrease the proportion of the braking forces applied by the brake units and increase the proportion of the braking forces applied by the brake units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110272230A1 BRAKING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2011-11-10
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