Patent ID: 8332115

Claim:
A braking apparatus, comprising: a pressure braking unit including an operating pressure applying unit that applies an operating pressure to a working fluid according to operation of an operating member, a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the working fluid to apply a pressurized pressure to the working fluid, and a braking force generating unit that generates pressure braking force on wheels of a vehicle by a total pressure of the operating pressure and the pressurized pressure; a regenerative braking unit that generates regenerative braking force on the wheels; and a controlling unit that executes switching control to switch the regenerative braking force to the pressure braking force according to the pressurized pressure, wherein, upon execution of the switching control, the controlling unit reduces control target braking force, which is a target braking force obtained by adding the regenerative braking force and the pressure braking force according to the pressurized pressure when the operating member is returned, and sets the control target braking force to be a value less than a previous control target braking force when the operating member is held or further depressed after the operating member is returned, thereby prohibiting increase in the pressurized pressure by the pressurizing unit.