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Electric power steering isolator

US9664248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 2014
Grant dateMay 30, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F15/005
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Electric power steering systems and a method for controlling an electric power steering system are provided. The method, for example, includes, but is not limited to, determining, by a controller, a speed of a vehicle based upon data from a sensor, and adjusting, by the controller, a stiffness of an isolator in an electric power steering system via at least one piezoelectric device embedded in the isolator based upon the determined speed of the vehicle.

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