Patent ID: 8239100

Claim:
An electric braking apparatus which operates a piston by an electric actuator so that the piston presses a brake pad onto a brake rotor to generate a braking force, the apparatus comprising: an electric caliper control unit including a pad contacting position detection unit that is configured to move the brake pad to detach the brake pad from the brake rotor at a predetermined timing for a purpose of detecting a contacting position between the brake pad and the brake rotor, and then to move the brake pad, under a predetermined condition, in a direction of pressing the brake rotor with the brake pad, and to detect the contacting position based on a predetermined sensor signal while the brake pad or the piston is moving; and a signal output unit configured to output a control signal to the electric actuator in accordance with processing of the electric caliper control unit; wherein the pad contacting position detection unit includes a pad non-contact judgment unit that judges a non-contact state between the brake pad and the brake rotor to exist when the brake pad is moved to detach the brake pad from the brake rotor; and wherein the electric caliper control unit sets a moved position of the brake pad moving in the detaching direction, said moved position being a position displaced as much as a predetermined clearance amount in a detaching direction from a position in which the pad non-contact judgment unit judges the non-contact state between the brake pad and the brake rotor to exist.