Patent ID: 7144091

Claim:
A vehicle brake apparatus comprising: a brake fluid pressure generating portion for generating brake fluid pressure based on brake pedal operation that is operable according to a requisite braking force; a brake force generating portion for generating the requisite braking force based on the brake fluid pressure generated by the brake fluid pressure generating portion; a main conduit connected to the brake fluid pressure generating portion for transmitting the brake fluid pressure to the brake force generating portion; a pump for sucking and discharging brake fluid; a pump discharge conduit for transmitting the brake fluid discharged from the pump to the main conduit; a damper for restricting pulsation of the brake fluid, the damper being located in the pump discharge conduit farther along a flow path of the brake fluid than the pump; and orifices connected in series with one another with respect to brake fluid flow discharged from the pump, and for restricting the brake fluid flow, the orifices being located in the pump discharge conduit farther along a flow path of the brake fluid than the damper, wherein orifice cross section areas of each of the orifices are smaller than a conduit cross section area of the pump discharge conduit, both before and after each of the orifices.