Patent ID: 9452741
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B60T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle brake system comprising: a master cylinder to which a brake operation by a driver is input; a slave cylinder including a cylinder body, a piston and a shaft member disposed in the cylinder body, the shaft member extending and retracting in the cylinder body with being retractable up to a top dead point, the slave cylinder configured to drive an electric actuator having the shaft member to generate a brake fluid pressure by moving the piston by the shaft member; a master cut valve that opens and closes a communication between the slave cylinder and the master cylinder; a controller that controls the electric actuator and the master cut valve; and an automatic brake device which has an upstream side connected to the master cut valve and is configured to generate the brake fluid pressure regardless of the brake operation by the driver, wherein, during operation of the automatic brake device, the controller closes the master cut valve and controls the electric actuator to limit an extending displacement of the shaft member from the top dead point by the electric actuator such that the shaft member does not reach a bottom dead point located opposite to the top dead point.