BRAKE SYSTEM, STROKE SIMULATOR DISCONNECTING MECHANISM, AND STROKE SIMULATOR DISCONNECTING METHOD

摘要

A brake system includes a master cylinder that pressurizes hydraulic fluid when a brake control portion is operated; a stroke simulator that, when supplied with the hydraulic fluid pressurized by the master cylinder, produces reactive force in response to the operation of the brake control portion; and a stroke simulator disconnecting mechanism, provided in a hydraulic passage between the master cylinder and the stroke simulator, that mechanically interrupts the flow of the hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic passage when the hydraulic fluid is allowed to flow from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder in response to the operation of the brake control portion. The stroke simulator disconnecting mechanism starts the disconnecting operation before the hydraulic fluid flows from the master cylinder to the stroke simulator.