An automotive electric fluidic pump includes a brushless and electronically commutated electric drive motor. The electric drive motor includes a permanent-magnetic motor rotor which rotates around a rotation axis and includes rotor poles, stator-sided electro-magnetic coils, a printed circuit board with openings, at least two stator-sided Hall sensors arranged on a proximal side of the printed circuit board to face the permanent-magnetic motor rotor, and a ferromagnetic back iron member arranged at a distal side of the printed circuit board to provide a direct magnetic coupling of the Hall sensors with each other. The Hall sensors are arranged eccentrically to detect axial magnetic fields of the rotor poles. The ferromagnetic back iron member comprises axial protrusions. An axial protrusion extends into an opening of the printed circuit board. Each axial protrusion faces a Hall sensor.

The power steering device is configured to: apply a required assist force only from a first electric motor until a predetermined period elapses, which is a period from a time point at which a driver starts steering to a time point at which a second-electric-motor drive start condition, which is a condition for starting drive of a second electric motor, is satisfied; when the predetermined period has elapsed, apply the required assist force from the first electric motor and a hydraulic actuator; and adjust an assist force by the first electric motor so that the assist force by the first electric motor is a value obtained by subtracting an assist force by the hydraulic actuator from the required assist force. As a result, the device can be downsized, and a sufficient required assist force can be generated from an initial stage of the steering.

An auxiliary power supply apparatus includes a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit. The first switching circuit is disposed between a charging circuit and positive terminals of a plurality of auxiliary power supplies. The first switching circuit is configured to perform switching between or among the auxiliary power supplies such that at least one of the auxiliary power supplies is connected to the charging circuit, and the other auxiliary power supply or supplies is or are connected to a power supply destination. The second switching circuit is configured to perform switching between a parallel connection state and a series connection state. In the parallel connection state, the auxiliary power supplies are connected in parallel between a main power supply and the first switching circuit. In the series connection state, the auxiliary power supplies are connected in series between the main power supply and the first switching circuit.

The present disclosure relates to power-assisted steering systems and mobile inspection devices. Implementations may include and/or involve a directional control valve, a second hydraulic pump and a first driving motor. When determining an engine on a chassis has not been started, a central control unit may control start of the first driving motor according to a received travelling instruction such that the first driving motor drives the second hydraulic pump and then the power-assisted steering motor can be driven through a second oil path of the second hydraulic pump. Accordingly, the power-assisted steering system can be driven to operate when the mobile inspection device is in operation and the engine on chassis is not started, thus it is possible to drive the power-assisted steering system without the chassis engine operating.

A control unit is provided for a vehicle with a steering device having a pump device, which includes a pump and an electric motor, and a transmission device. The control unit is designed to provide the electric motor with a motor signal for operating the electric motor in order to cool the electric motor in a normal operating phase of the steering device.

A control unit is provided for a vehicle with a steering device having a pump device, which has a pump and an electric motor, a transmission, and a valve. The control unit is designed to provide, in a preheating phase for heating the working medium, a motor signal to the electric motor for operating the electric motor of the steering device, and to provide a valve opening signal to the valve for opening the valve of the steering device.

A power steering electrohydraulic system is provided for an electric vehicle, including: at least one reservoir of hydraulic fluid; and at least one hydraulic actuator for actuating a steering rack shaft of the vehicle; at least two electric motor pump units in parallel for supplying the actuator with hydraulic fluid from the reservoir and adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator, and each electric motor pump unit is a motor pump unit operating at a voltage of 24V. A vehicle equipped with such a system is also provided.

A steering device includes: a steering mechanism including a steering shaft, and a transmitting mechanism; and a controller including a first hydraulic passage state judging section, a first electric motor control section, and a second electric motor control section; the first hydraulic passage state judging section configured to judge a state of the hydraulic fluid in a first hydraulic passage in which the hydraulic fluid discharged from the first pump flows, the first electric motor control section configured to control and drive the first electric motor based on a driving state of a vehicle, and the second electric motor control section configured to increase a rotation number of the second electric motor when the first hydraulic passage state judging section judges that a supply of the hydraulic fluid in the first hydraulic passage is deficient.

A steering device includes a control unit that includes a hydraulic abnormality determiner. The hydraulic abnormality determiner is configured to determine a hydraulic abnormality to be present in a pair of liquid chambers of a power cylinder of the steering device, in response to satisfaction of a condition that a total torque of a steering torque measured by a torque sensor and a motor assist torque provided by an electric motor is greater than a predetermined threshold torque. The control unit is configured to increase the motor assist torque in response to satisfaction of a condition that the hydraulic abnormality determiner determines the hydraulic abnormality to be present.

An automotive auxiliary device includes an electric drive motor which is brushless and electronically commutated. The electric drive motor includes a rotatable motor rotor which defines a longitudinal rotor axis, a motor stator, and at least one stator-sided hall-sensor. The motor rotor includes a rotor shaft, a magnet carrier, and at least one permanent magnet which generates at least two rotor poles. The permanent magnet is fixed to the magnet carrier to provide a free inner space between the rotor shaft and the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet includes an axial protruding portion which axially protrudes from at least one side of the magnet carrier. The motor stator comprises at least two stator coils which are arranged radially around the rotatable motor rotor. The hall-sensor is arranged in the free inner space and is provided as a type of radial rotor detection sensor.