B62D5/04

Fail safe apparatus and method for MDPS system
09802643 · 2017-10-31 · ·

A fail safe apparatus for an MDPS system may include: a vehicle speed sensor configured to measure a vehicle speed; a gear stage input unit configured to receive a gear stage from a transmission of the vehicle; a GPS vehicle speed calculation unit configured to calculate a GPS vehicle speed based on location information of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine whether the vehicle speed is an error, based on one or more of the vehicle speed, the gear stage, and the GPS vehicle speed, and determine vehicle speed data of the MDPS system based on one or more of the gear stage and the GPS vehicle speed.

Motor control device and electric power steering system
09806648 · 2017-10-31 · ·

In a motor control device that can perform more appropriate motor control, a switching arm has a first upper FET, a second upper FET, and a lower FET connected in series to one another. A source electrode of the second upper FET and a drain electrode of the lower FET are connected to each other via an intermediate line. The intermediate line is connected to a U-phase motor coil of a motor via a power line. The first upper FET, the second upper FET, and the lower FET are each provided with a parasitic diode that prevents current from flowing from a battery side to a ground side. A phase opening relay FET is provided on the U-phase power line. A parasitic diode of the phase opening relay FET is provided such that a current is not applied from the U-phase motor coil to the U-phase switching arm.

STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS, STEERING CONTROL METHOD, AND STEERING APPARATUS
20220055685 · 2022-02-24 ·

The present disclosure provides a steering control apparatus, a steering control method, and a steering apparatus. Specifically, the steering control apparatus comprises: a reception unit for receiving steering correction condition information; a steering correction determination unit for determining whether to correct steering on the basis of the steering correction condition information; an angle correction value calculation unit for, when it is determined to correct the steering, determining correction parameters of the steering correction condition information and calculating an angle correction value by using the correction parameters of the steering correction condition information; and a signal generating unit for generating a motor control signal by determining whether to generate the motor control signal which is based on the angle correction value according to a result of comparison of the angle correction value to a reference value.

SENSING APPARATUS
20220055688 · 2022-02-24 ·

An embodiment provides a sensing apparatus comprising: a first rotation part; a second rotation part in which the first rotation part is disposed; a housing in which the second rotation part is disposed; and a first metal member disposed between the housing and the second rotation part, wherein the second rotation part includes a first holder and a second holder combined with the first holder, and the first metal member includes a body disposed between the first holder and the housing and a first flange portion extending radially outward from the body.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS
20220055683 · 2022-02-24 · ·

An electric power steering apparatus arranged in the vicinity of a heat source mounted on a vehicle includes: a rack shaft that turns a road wheel; an output shaft provided with a pinion gear engaged with a rack gear of the rack shaft; a worm wheel provided on the output shaft; a worm shaft engaged with the worm wheel; an electric motor that drives the worm shaft; and a controller that controls driving of the electric motor, and wherein at least a part of the controller is arranged on the opposite side of the heat source such that a rack housing is sandwiched between at least a part of the controller and the heat source, the rack housing accommodating the rack shaft.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS
20170305455 · 2017-10-26 · ·

An electric power steering apparatus that performs an assist control of a steering system, including: at least two respectively independent torque sensors and angle sensors, wherein having a function that respectively calculates steering angles from the torque sensors and the angle sensors to utilize, wherein comparison diagnoses of independent signals are performed and also concurrently individual diagnoses of each individual signal are performed, in a case that it is judged that there is an abnormality in the comparison diagnoses, the angle sensor signals are not used, in a case that it is judged that at least one of the individual diagnoses is abnormal, the angle sensor signal is treated as downgrading, and in a case that it is judged that two or more of the individual diagnoses are abnormal, the angle sensor signals are not used.

CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE EMPLOYING CONTROL UNIT

A connector structure that is joined to a housing so as to form the control unit includes a connector main body in which a connector is formed, a terminal including a power supply system and a signal system, and a component mounting portion including at least one of a capacitor and a coil, wherein the component mounting portion is provided parallel to a motor output shaft on the exterior of a motor or the housing, and the at least one of the capacitor and the coil included in the component mounting portion is electrically connected directly to the connector of the connector main body via the terminal.

ELECTRONIC PART MOUNTING HEAT-DISSIPATING SUBSTRATE

[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which enables a circuit for which a power semiconductor in which a large current flows is used to reduce the wiring resistances of a large power operation and improve the heat dissipation.

[Means for Solving] The present invention is an electronic part mounting heat-dissipating substrate which comprises lead frames of wiring pattern shapes formed by conductor plate and an insulating member 130 which is provided between the lead frames 110, wherein a plate surface of a part arrangement surface of said conductor plate and a top surface of said insulating member at a side of said part arrangement surface form one continuous surface, the lead frames have different thicknesses, the thick lead frame 110H is used for a large current signal and the thin lead frame 110L is used for a small current signal, a plate surface of a back surface of the part arrangement surface and a top surface of the insulating member at a side of the back surface at the part arrangement surface-side are formed in an identical plane.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS
20170305459 · 2017-10-26 · ·

An electric power steering apparatus including a torque sensor to detect a steering torque and a motor control unit to control a motor that applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, including: a function to switch a control system of the motor between a torque control system to control a motor output torque and a position/speed control system to control a steering angle of a steering in accordance with a predetermined switching trigger. The fade processing time from the torque control system to the position/speed control system and the fade processing time from the position/speed control system to the torque control system are individually set.

MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING

A motor drive control device for electric power steering includes: a switching element for supplying current to a motor; a smoothing capacitor for reducing ripple current due to the switching element; a control board on which a drive circuit for controlling the switching element and a control circuit capacitor are mounted; a control signal line for supplying a control signal from the control board to the switching element; an electric connection member electrically connecting the switching element and the smoothing capacitor; and a heatsink portion in which the switching element is arranged in an embedded manner, wherein the electric connection member is arranged between the switching element and the control board, and the control circuit capacitor and the smoothing capacitor are arranged in a space between the electric connection member and the control board.