Patent ID: 8469463

Claim:
A brake control apparatus comprising: a volume chamber into which a brake fluid that flows out of a master cylinder by driver's braking operation is able to flow, wherein the volume chamber is a stroke simulator that produces a reaction force for the driver's braking operation; a first oil passage which connects the volume chamber and the master cylinder; an electromagnetic valve which is set on the first oil passage and opens/closes the first oil passage; a pump which pumps up the brake fluid flowing into the volume chamber from the master cylinder and can increase a pressure of a wheel cylinder that is provided for each wheel; a hydraulic pressure control unit which increases the wheel cylinder pressure by the brake fluid flowing into the volume chamber and pumped up by the pump, together with at least the electromagnetic valve; and a regenerative brake unit which is provided separately from the hydraulic pressure control unit and produces a regenerative braking force for the wheel; wherein the stroke simulator and a suction side of the pump are connected through a low pressure reservoir.