Patent ID: 6533366
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B60T,F15C,F16K

Abstract:
A hydraulic braking system for a wheeled vehicle, comprising:a braking device adapted to provide a braking force to at least one wheel for braking the vehicle; at least one main hydraulic conduit extending from a source of pressurized brake fluid to said braking device, said source and said main hydraulic conduit cooperating to supply pressurized fluid to said braking device; and at least one microvalve disposed in said main hydraulic conduit between said source and said braking device, said at least one microvalve being a micro-machined plate valve having a body including a plurality of plates defining a plurality of parallel planes, a port through at least one of said plates through which the pressurized fluid may flow, and a movable valve element selectively movable within a plane parallel to said plurality of parallel planes to cover and uncover said port, said at least one microvalve thereby selectively controlling the pressurized fluid to said braking device.