An electric power steering device and method are disclosed. An electric power steering device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a steering motor comprising a first winding and a second winding, each of Which receives applied three-phase power; a first control unit for controlling power supplied to the first winding; and a second control unit for controlling power supplied to the second winding, wherein, when one of a phase of the first winding and a phase of the second winding has failed to be opened, the control unit controlling the winding including the phase that has failed to be opened, among the first control unit and the second control unit, performs torque compensation control for additional output of compensation torque.

A method for controlling a power steering system of a vehicle, having a steering wheel, and an inverter powering an assist motor, when a short-circuit failure is detected between a phase of the assist motor and an electric line of the inverter, wherein it includes:—a configuration step intended to determine, for a magnetic field of the assist motor, a controllable zone and a non-controllable zone, —a step of compensating for a space-average brake torque in the controllable zone.

The present disclosure relates to a steering-assisting device. Specifically, a steering-assisting device according to the present disclosure comprises: a stator having a plurality of coils wound thereon; a rotor which is rotated by the stator; and a connection part for transferring rotation force generated in accordance with rotation of the rotor to a rack bar, wherein the connection part is connected to the rack bar in a manner for minimizing vibration generated according to a winding pattern of the stator when at least one of the coils of the stator malfunctions.

There are provided a motor control device, an electric power steering device, and a vehicle that allow an electric motor to be accurately drive-controlled even when a failure occurs in a motor electric angle detection unit that detects a motor electric angle. When at least one of a resolver and an angle computation unit is diagnosed as being abnormal in an initial diagnosis after a system restart, a motor electric angle initial value is estimated on a basis of a response output of a three-phase electric motor in response to input of a motor drive signal to the three-phase electric motor, a motor electric angle estimation vale is calculated on a basis of an output shaft rotation angle detection value detected by an output-side rotation angle sensor and a relative offset amount estimated on a basis of the estimated motor electric angle initial value, and the three-phase electric motor is drive-controlled on a basis of the calculated motor electric angle estimation value.

Using an update amount, an update amount calculating circuit manipulates a phase-control angle so as to perform feedback control such that a steering torque corresponds to a target torque. The steering torque is obtained by reducing a steering torque in magnitude by a predetermined value. The phase-control angle is used to convert a current command value to a value of a fixed coordinate system, for example. Using a guard value, a guard processing circuit performs a guard process on a current command value set by a command value setting circuit, so that the current command value becomes the current command value. The guard value is used to determine an appropriate range for a variation in the current command value in accordance with an amount by which the steering torque exceeds in magnitude the target torque.

The embodiments relate to a steering motor control device and method. An embodiment may provide a steering motor control device for controlling a steering motor including a first winding and a second winding including a receiver for receiving requested output information on an output of the steering motor, a determiner configured to, if one of the first winding and the second winding is determined to fail, determine output distribution information based on the requested output information and predetermined reference output information, and determine normal winding control information and faulty winding control information based on the output distribution information, and a controller for controlling an operation of the normal winding and an operation of the failed winding.

The present disclosure relates to a method of generating feedback force in case of a motor fault in a Steering Feedback Actuator (SFA) system. The method includes: determining whether a fault occurs in a motor associated with an SFA system; determining the type of fault when it is determined that the fault occurs in the motor; and generating feedback force associated with the SFA system by controlling the motor based on the determined type of fault.

An electric motor drive control device includes: an inverter circuit that converts DC power inputted via a DC bus to multiphase AC power and outputs the multiphase AC power to an electric motor; a current detector that detects a DC current flowing in the DC bus; a PWM generator that generates PWM signals and outputs the PWM signals to the inverter circuit; a current calculator that calculates a current value for each of phases to be flowed to the electric motor based upon a value of the DC current and the PWM signals; and a current controller that generates a command signal based upon the current value, and outputs the command signal to the PWM generator, wherein: if one of the phases of the AC power has become missing, the current calculator determines which phase is one that has become missing and calculates current values for other phases.

A motor drive device includes a plurality of control systems that individually supply drive currents to a plurality of coil groups included in a motor. The motor drive device independently sets the current command values for the respective control systems. Based on the set current command values, drive instructions are supplied to drive circuits of inverters with respect to the respective control systems, thereby supplying drive currents from the inverters to the coil groups. The motor drive device detects a failure in any of the inverters and the coil groups with respect to each control system, and stops only the failed control system or causes only the failed control system to fall back. The motor drive device further includes a main computing device, and an auxiliary computing device. Consequently, if the auxiliary computing device is normal even in case the main computing device fails, driving of the motor can be continued using one or some of the control systems.

An electric power steering apparatus that calculates a first current command value based on at least a steering torque and performs an assist-control of a steering system by driving a motor based on the first current command value, including: a configuration of a model following control including a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined angle at front of a rack end, wherein an offset is given to input or output of the viscoelastic model for preventing an overheat, resulting in suppressing a rack end hitting.