In one embodiment of the brake system, the control unit executes a fluid suction control to suck in the brake fluid from the supply line. The control unit determines whether or not the fluid suction control needs to be executed, and in the event that the control unit determines that the fluid suctio
In one embodiment of the brake system, the control unit executes a fluid suction control to suck in the brake fluid from the supply line. The control unit determines whether or not the fluid suction control needs to be executed, and in the event that the control unit determines that the fluid suction control needs to be executed, the control unit is configured to close the cutoff valve and control the electric actuator to drive the slave cylinder in a depressurizing direction.
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1. A brake system including a slave cylinder for generating a fluid pressure by an electric actuator which is driven based on a traveling amount of a brake operator, comprising: a fluid line which establishes a communication from the slave cylinder to wheel brakes;a cutoff valve which is provided on
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A brake system including a slave cylinder for generating a fluid pressure by an electric actuator which is driven based on a traveling amount of a brake operator, comprising: a fluid line which establishes a communication from the slave cylinder to wheel brakes;a cutoff valve which is provided on the fluid line and which can cut off the fluid line;a reservoir tank for reserving brake fluid;a supply line for supplying the brake fluid from the reservoir tank to the slave cylinder;a check valve being configured to permit only a flow of the brake fluid from the reservoir tank to the slave cylinder;a control unit which executes a fluid suction control to suck in the brake fluid from the supply line; anda master cylinder which generates a fluid pressure which is applied to the wheel brakes by operation of the brake operator, whereinthe control unit determines whether or not the fluid suction control needs to be executed, and in the event that the control unit determines that the fluid suction control needs to be executed, the control unit executes a control in which the cutoff valve is closed and the slave cylinder is driven in a depressurizing direction by the electric actuator,wherein the supply line is connected to the fluid line by way of a branch supply line and the check valve is provided on the branch supply line, whereinin the event that the amount of the brake fluid in the slave cylinder is reduced as a result of depressurizing the wheel brakes, the control unit executes a control as the fluid suction control in which the cutoff valve is closed and the slave cylinder is driven in a depressurizing direction by the electric actuator, andfurther comprising a road surface friction coefficient estimation module for estimating a road surface friction coefficient during an anti-lock braking control, whereinthe control unit changes a timing at which the fluid suction control is executed based on a road surface friction coefficient which is estimated by the road surface friction coefficient estimation module; andwhen the road surface coefficient becomes lower, the fluid suction control is changed at a predetermined timing which is earlier than a timing at which a total stroke amount reaches a permitted limit. 2. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines that the fluid suction control needs to be executed in the event that a rising amount of a required fluid pressure required by the driver becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount. 3. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines that the fluid suction control needs to be executed in the event that an absolute value of a required fluid pressure required by the driver becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value. 4. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the fluid suction control in the event that wheels are controlled through a pressure holding control or a pressure reducing control. 5. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the fluid suction control in the event that a relationship between a fluid pressure which is raised by the slave cylinder and a stroke amount of the slave cylinder does not satisfy a predetermined relationship. 6. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes the fluid suction control in the event that a stroke amount of the slave cylinder becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined amount. 7. The brake system according to claim 6, wherein the electric actuator is an electric motor, and whereinthe stroke amount of the slave cylinder is specified based on a rotation angle sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the electric motor. 8. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein the cutoff valve is a normally open solenoid valve. 9. The brake system according to claim 1, further comprising a hydraulic fluid line which establishes a fluid communication from the master cylinder to the wheel brakes through the cutoff valve. 10. A brake system including a slave cylinder for generating a fluid pressure by an electric actuator which is driven based on a traveling amount of a brake operator, comprising: a fluid line which establishes a communication from the slave cylinder to wheel brakes;a cutoff valve which is provided on the fluid line and which can cut off the fluid line;a reservoir tank for reserving brake fluid;a supply line for supplying the brake fluid from the reservoir tank to the slave cylinder;a check valve being configured to permit only a flow of the brake fluid from the reservoir tank to the slave cylinder;a control unit which executes a fluid suction control to suck in the brake fluid from the supply line;a master cylinder which generates a fluid pressure which is applied to the wheel brakes; anda hydraulic fluid line which establishes a fluid communication from the master cylinder to the wheel brakes through the cutoff valve, whereinthe control unit determines whether or not the fluid suction control needs to be executed, and in the event that the control unit determines that the fluid suction control needs to be executed, the control unit executes a control in which the cutoff valve is closed and the slave cylinder is driven in a depressurizing direction by the electric actuator,the supply line is connected to the fluid line by way of a branch supply line and the check valve is provided on the branch supply line,the fluid line comprises a first communication line and a second communication line which merge with a common hydraulic fluid line originating from a hydraulic fluid chamber of the slave cylinder, whereinthe hydraulic fluid line comprises a first hydraulic fluid line and a second hydraulic fluid line which establishes communication from the first communication line and the second communication line to the wheel brakes, and whereinthe cutoff valve comprisesa first cutoff valve which establishes communication between the first communication line the first hydraulic fluid line, and whereina second cutoff valve which establishes communication between the second communication line and the second hydraulic fluid line, respectively. 11. The brake system according to claim 10, further comprising a first switching valve provided at a connecting portion between the first hydraulic fluid line and the first communication line, upstream of the first cutoff valve, anda second switching valve provided at a connecting portion between the second hydraulic fluid line and the second communication line, upstream of the second cutoff valve. 12. The brake system according to claim 11, wherein the first switching valve is a two-position, three-port solenoid valve, wherein in a first position, the first switching valve establishes communication between an upstream side of a side of the master cylinder of the first hydraulic fluid line and a downstream side of the first hydraulic fluid line, and communication between the slave cylinder and the wheel brakes is cut off, and whereinin the second position, the first switching valve cuts off communication of the wheel brakes from the master cylinder and allows communication with the slave cylinder, and whereinthe second switching valve is a two-position, three-port solenoid valve, wherein in a first position, the second switching valve establishes communication between an upstream side of the master cylinder side of the second hydraulic fluid line and a downstream side of the second hydraulic fluid line, and communication between the slave cylinder and the wheel brakes is cutoff, and whereinin a second position, the second switching valve cuts off communication with the upstream side of the second hydraulic fluid line while communication is established between the second communication line and allow communication with the slave cylinder. 13. The brake system according to claim 10, wherein the supply line extends from the reservoir tank to reach the slave cylinder, whereinthe supply line is connected to the common hydraulic fluid line by way of the branch supply line, and further comprisingthe check valve is provided on the branch supply line, which permits only a flow of fluid from the reservoir tank to the common hydraulic fluid line, and whereinwhen a fluid suction control is executed, the brake fluid is sucked into the slave cylinder from the reservoir tank by way of the supply line, the branch supply line and the common hydraulic fluid line.
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