Patent ID: 6464308
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A braking force control apparatus comprising:a driving device operatively configured to move a brake pad towards and away from a brake rotor; an operational status detector arranged to detect an operational status of said driving device; an initial contact position detector arranged to detect an initial contacting point between the brake pad and the brake rotor based on said operational status of said driving device detected by said operational status detector, when said driving device moves the brake pad toward the brake rotor, a brake control unit operatively coupled to said driving device and said operational status detector to control said driving device, said brake control unit including a brake command value setting portion that is configured to set a brake command value to control said driving device based on a pedal operation amount, said brake control unit including an adjustment portion configured to subsequently adjust said brake command value based on said initial contacting point between the brake pad and the brake rotor detected by said initial contact position detector.