Patent · US Expired

Controller of electric power-steering system

US6326753A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 1999
Grant dateDec 4, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S388/934
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A controller of an electric power steering system corrects a motor current command value by using a temperature of a motor, and compensates a variation in a motor current characteristic in accordance with a variation in the temperature. The controller includes a torque sensor for detecting a steering torque of a steering wheel; a motor for supplying a steering assist torque to a steering shaft integrally provided with the steering wheel; and a control unit for driving the motor in accordance with a magnitude of the steering torque. The control unit corrects a motor current command value in accordance with a temperature of the motor, and controls a motor current in accordance with the corrected motor current command value.

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