Electric power steering controller with failure detecting function
US5652487A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D5/0487
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a electric power steering controller, an output signal of motor driving direction discrimination means is compared with a driving direction discrimination processing result to detect a failure of the motor driving direction discriminator in accordance with the comparison result, so as to prevent the runaway of a motor supplying steering force to a steering wheel. The following are included: a motor for supplying a steering force to a steering wheel, a steering torque detector for detecting the steering force from the steering wheel, a motor control for drive-controlling the motor rightward or leftward in accordance with the output of the steering torque detector, a motor driving direction discrimination means for outputting a motor right- or left-direction discriminating signal in accordance with the value of the output of the steering torque discriminator, and a microcomputer 8 for determining the vicinity of a neutral point of steering torque and judging whether the motor driving direction discriminator or has failed in accordance with a judgment result of a signal output from the motor driving direction discriminator when the vicinity of the neutral point is discriminated.
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