Patent classifications
B62D5/046
Steering Control System
A steering control system with which a steering angle accurately follows a steering angle command value is provided. An assist command value calculation circuit calculates a first assist component based on a value obtained by adding a basic assist controlled variable with a system stabilization controlled variable. The assist command value calculation circuit includes a pinion angle feedback control circuit that calculates a second assist component by executing angle feedback control based on a deviation between a pinion angle and a final pinion angle command value that is the sum of a pinion angle command value and an ADAS command angle. The assist command value calculation circuit outputs an assist command value based on the first assist component and the second assist component. The assist command value calculation circuit receives a steering torque obtained after the influence of viscosity and inertia is reduced by a steering torque compensation circuit.
DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR
The drive controller for the electric motor according to the present invention comprises two drive control systems for two winding sets of the electric motor, each drive control system includes a control circuit, an inverter, a power supply connector and a ground connector, the two control circuits are connected to an internal common ground, each rectifying element that passes a current from the common ground to each ground connector is provided in a line that connects the ground connector and the common ground, each current detection element is provided in a line that connects each positive power supply and a line between the rectifying element and the ground connector, and whether an open fault has occurred in the ground connector is diagnosed based on the voltage that is applied to the current detection element.
Moisture sensing in electric motors of motor vehicle steering systems with pull up resistor
A motor vehicle steering system may include an electric motor disposed in a motor housing. The electric motor may have at least three phases, and for each phase a high side MOSFET and a low side MOSFET may be assigned. The MOSFETs may be part of an inverter that supplies voltages into the electric motor. A first non-insulated contact point of the electric motor and a second non-insulated contact point of the motor housing may be configured such that water that ingresses into the motor housing electrically connects the electric motor with the motor housing via the non-insulated contact points. A pull-up resistor may be disposed in parallel with one of the high side MOSFETs of one of the at least three phases. A measurement unit may detect a phase voltage of the one of the at least three phases as being indicative of water present in the motor housing.
Power conversion device
A power conversion device comprises: a power conversion circuit that converts a supplied electric power; a current detection circuit that detects a current; a control circuit that controls an operation of the power conversion circuit; and a multilayer substrate that is provided with the power conversion circuit, the current detection circuit, and the control circuit. The multilayer substrate includes a printed wiring, and the printed wiring includes a transmission pattern that transmits a detection signal detected by the current detection circuit to the control circuit. An on-off fluctuation unit of the power conversion circuit fluctuates. The whole of the transmission pattern is disposed at a position different from the on-off fluctuation unit in a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the multilayer substrate.
RECIRCULATING-BALL STEERING SYSTEM
A recirculating-ball steering system for transmitting a steering movement to a steering arm, includes: a housing having a steering piston arranged inside the housing, wherein the steering piston includes a ball screw drive and is displaceable along its longitudinal axis, and an electrical actuator for assisting the movement of the steering piston. Also described is a vehicle having the recirculating-ball steering system.
TURNING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
In a turning system for a vehicle, a toe angle change is acquired based on an estimated stroke which is a stroke of a suspension which is estimated based on a moving state of a vehicle and an actual stroke which is an actual stroke of the suspension detected by a stroke sensor, and control of a turning angle of a vehicle wheel is performed based on the acquired toe angle change. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately perform control of a turning angle even in travel.
Steering feel control apparatus and method of motor driven power steering
A steering feel control apparatus of an MDPS may include: a release steering detection unit configured to detect release steering using column torque or motor current; a reverse steering detection unit configured to detect reverse steering using a steering angular velocity or motor angular velocity; a compensation gain detection unit configured to detect a compensation gain using the steering angular velocity or the motor angular velocity; a high frequency input unit configured to filter the column torque or the motor current and input a high frequency; and a compensation gain compensation unit configured to apply the compensation gain detected by the compensation gain detection unit to the high frequency inputted by the high frequency input unit, when release steering is detected by the release steering detection unit or reverse steering is detected by the reverse steering detection unit.
Control device for steering mechanism
In a control device for a steering mechanism, the steering mechanism includes a motor that includes a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils include a first coil and a second coil. The control device includes a first control system and a second control system configured to compute a command value for torque of the motor to be applied to the steering mechanism. The first control system and the second control system are each configured to control power supply to the plurality of coils of the motor based on the command value. The first control system includes a first microcomputer that has first characteristics, and the second control system includes a second microcomputer that has second characteristics that are different from the first characteristics.
STEERING SYSTEM
A steering system includes a steering operation shaft in which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is disabled and that steers a steered wheel of a vehicle, a steering operation motor that generates a steering operation force that is a torque applied to the steering operation shaft so as to steer the steered wheel, and a control device that controls the steering operation motor. When a rotation position of the steering wheel is different from a rotation position corresponding to a steered position of the steered wheel, the control device executes a process for correcting the steered position of the steered wheel to a position corresponding to the rotation position of the steering wheel through the steering operation motor.
Steering assistance device and steering assistance method
In a steering assistance device 1, a steering control unit 74 causes a first auxiliary unit 14 to generate torque with reducing by a predetermined amount and causes a second auxiliary unit 20 to generate torque equal to or less than the decreased predetermined amount, in a case where the first auxiliary unit 14 is able to generate a steering assistance force such that a steering angle of a vehicle can reach a target steering angle determined according to curvature so as to make the vehicle travel in the center of a lane.