Patent ID: 9605722
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60T,F16D

Claim:
1. An electric brake actuator with a parking function, comprising: an electric motor unit; a braking force applying mechanism configured to apply a braking force to a wheel in accordance with an output of the electric motor unit; a locking mechanism including an actuator configured to drive the locking mechanism to switch between a parking locking state in which the braking force of the braking force applying mechanism is inhibited from becoming loose and an unlocking state in which the braking force is permitted to become loose; a detection unit provided in a vehicle in which the electric brake actuator is provided, the detection unit being capable of detecting movement of the vehicle from a stop state; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the locking mechanism has shifted to the parking locking state, by using a detection signal outputted from the detection unit, when the locking mechanism is driven by the actuator so as to switch from the unlocking state to the parking locking state, wherein, when the detection signal which is outputted from the detection unit and changes in response to a movement speed or a movement distance of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold, the determination unit determines that the locking mechanism has shifted to the parking locking state.