Patent ID: 8794719

Claim:
A brake device for a vehicle capable of regenerative braking and fluid pressure braking, including an electric brake-fluid-pressure generator for generating a brake fluid pressure for the fluid pressure braking, wherein: the brake device comprises control means for switching from the regenerative braking to the fluid pressure braking, and before switching from the regenerative braking to the fluid pressure braking is performed, when a vehicle speed decreases below a switching-preparation-start vehicle speed, the electric brake-fluid-pressure generator is caused to operate to move from a first position to a second position in order to cancel out an ineffective stroke in the fluid pressure braking, said ineffective stroke being a stroke that generates no effective brake fluid pressure in the electric brake-fluid-pressure generator even by operation of the electric brake-fluid-pressure generator, the electric brake-fluid-pressure generator is caused to remain in the second position until the vehicle speed decreases below a switching-start vehicle speed which is lower than the switching-preparation-start vehicle speed and then the control means performs the switching from the regenerative braking to the fluid pressure braking.