| US 7,516,823 B2 | ||
| Electric braking apparatus | ||
| Kenji Kikuchi, Hitachinaka (Japan); Yuichi Kuramochi, Hitachinaka (Japan); and Yuichi Mabuchi, Mito (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 22, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/17,927. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-083249 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0236964 A1, Oct. 02, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60T 13/74 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 188—158 | 8 Claims |
| 5. An apparatus for electric braking including an inverter for converting DC current from a power source arranged on an vehicle
to AC current used to drive an electric motor housed in a metal housing, comprising:
a positive-polarity power supply line for transmitting the DC current from said power source to said inverter;
a negative-polarity power supply line for connecting said inverter to the ground of said vehicle;
a plurality of capacitors connected between said positive-polarity and negative-polarity power supply lines; and
a first conductor for electrically connecting said metal housing to one of said plural capacitors.
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