Patent ID: 7720589

Claim:
A vehicle control device comprising: a hydraulic unit comprising a housing and hydraulic pressure control valves mounted in said housing, an electronic control unit for controlling said hydraulic pressure control valves, said electronic control unit including a casing having a mounting surface on which the housing of said hydraulic unit is mounted, said housing being mounted on the mounting surface so as not to protrude laterally beyond an outer periphery said mounting surface, the housing protruding perpendicularly away from the mounting surface in one direction, the casing of the electronic control unit having a protruding portion protruding from the housing of said hydraulic unit in a direction substantially parallel to the mounting surface, a connector for said electronic control unit mounted on said protruding portion so that the connector and the housing are mounted on a common side of the casing, said protruding portion having a bulge, and a vehicle behavioral sensor mounted in said bulge, the bulge and the connector protruding in the one direction from the protruding portion and in the one direction from a plane containing the mounting surface.