Electric power steering system
US7604088B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D5/0472
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electric power steering system is provided which is capable of providing a favorable steering feeling without using compensation logics such as of inertia compensation and friction compensation. The electric power steering system includes road-noise suppression control means (213) for controlling a steering assist motor (9) in a manner to damp torque transmission in a higher frequency region representing road noises than a frequency region representing road information. A friction value of a steering mechanism (A) is decreased enough to allow the intrinsic vibrations of the steering mechanism (A) to appear. Rotor inertia of the steering assist motor (9) is set to a value small enough to allow the frequencies of the intrinsic vibrations to be present in the frequency region where the torque transmission is damped by the road-noise suppression control means (213).
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