摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect whether a pad of a hydraulic brake reaches a wear limit. <P>SOLUTION: Hydraulic pressure increase slope accompanying supply of working fluid to a brake cylinder gets larger in a case where the pad reaches the wear limit as compared to a case where the pad does not reaches the wear limit. Consequently, time for brake cylinder fluid pressure to reach wear limit detection fluid pressure Pbs gets shorter. When the time to reach the wear limit detection fluid pressure Pbs is shorter than wear limit detection time Tbth, it can be detected that the pad has reached the wear limit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |