In an electric vehicle including a motor shaft connected to a drive motor, a counter shaft coupled with the motor shaft, a drive shaft coupled with the counter shaft, a drive wheel coupled with the drive shaft, a plurality of bearings configured to support the counter shaft, and a plurality of gears configured to rotate integrally with the counter shaft, a torque sensor is disposed in a region in which a slope of a bending moment occurring on the counter shaft is minimum at a time that the drive motor is driven.

A magnetic torque sensing device having a torque transferring member with a magnetoelastically active region. The magnetoelastically active region has oppositely polarized magnetically conditioned regions with initial directions of magnetization that are perpendicular to the sensitive directions of magnetic field sensor pairs placed proximate to the magnetically active region. Magnetic field sensors are specially positioned in relation to the torque-transferring member to accurately measure torque while providing improved RSU performance and reducing the detrimental effects of compassing. The torque sensing devices are incorporated on vehicle drive train components, including differential components, transfer case components, transmission components, and others, including on power transmission shafts, half-shafts, and wheels, and output signals representing characteristics of the vehicle are processed in algorithms to provide useful output information for controlling actions of the vehicle.

An electric power steering device including: a control rotational displacement calculation unit configured to calculate a control rotational displacement when a steering angle of the steering system is in an angular range from a maximum allowable steering angle for the steering system to a predetermined threshold steering angle; a control steering angle shifting unit configured to calculate the control rotational displacement corrected by a correction amount based on one of the steering torque and rack axial force and a sign of one of the control rotational displacement and the steering angle as a shift control steering angle; and a feedforward control unit configured to output a second current command value based on the shift control steering angle and steering velocity. An assist control is controlled with a third current command value calculated by adding the second current command value to the first current command value.

The present disclosure relates to a composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle having excellent dimensional stability, and a rack housing member of a vehicle formed therefrom. In an embodiment, the composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle comprises 100 parts by weight of a base resin containing polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer, and polyethylene terephthalate, and 40 to 75 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes a glass fiber and a plate-shaped mineral filler.

A pedal value generator 14 for a motor vehicle 30, a pedal value generator arrangement 10 and a method for controlling a motor vehicle 30 are described. A first pedal actuating surface 16 and, at a distance thereto, a second pedal actuating surface 18 are arranged on a cross member 20. A sensor arrangement 24 detects a torque M of the cross member 20 with respect to a torque axis X arranged between the first and second pedal actuating surfaces 16, 18 and for supplying an electrical actuation signal B1, B2 as a function of torque M. When an actuating force acts upon first pedal actuating surface 16 motor vehicle 30 can be accelerated and when an actuating force acts upon second pedal actuating surface 18 it can be decelerated.

A control unit functionally comprises a first steering-torque application control part which commands a steering actuator of a vehicle to execute application of a steering torque determined by a first steering characteristic CH1 and a second steering-torque application control part which commands the steering actuator of the vehicle to execute application of a steering torque determined by a second steering characteristic CH2. In a case where the vehicle travels at a curved portion of the lane, the first steering characteristic CH1 is set such that a first steering-force increase part L1 is located further toward an allowed right-end point E.sub.GR as a vehicle speed becomes higher and the second steering characteristic CH2 is set such that a magnitude of a torque maintenance part L4 becomes lower as a radius of curvature of the curved portion of the lane becomes smaller, like CH2H-CH2L.

Heat radiation base body 23 that is adjacent to electric motor unit EM and extends in direction of rotation shaft of electric motor is provided close to rotation shaft of electric motor. Board 24 of one electronic control unit of redundant system is fixed to heat radiation base body along direction in which heat radiation base body 23 extends with thermal conduction to heat radiation base body 23 allowed. Board 26 of the other electronic control unit of redundant system is fixed to heat radiation base body so as to face to board 24 of one electronic control unit of redundant system, with thermal conduction to heat radiation base body 23 allowed. Rotation position detection circuit board 22 to which neutral terminals 31 of electric motor for each phase are connected is provided between heat radiation base body 23 and motor housing 20.

A motor unit including a drive motor that includes an output shaft having a hollow portion; a torque sensor arranged within the hollow portion; and a cooling mechanism. The cooling mechanism has one end of a coolant path arranged inside the hollow portion and cools the drive motor and the torque sensor. A vehicle can include the motor unit. The drive motor can act as a traction motor generating traction drive force of the vehicle.

A self-monitoring and self-controlling smart irrigation system is provided. The smart irrigation system may include a plurality of tower control units, which tower control units include one or more processors, one or more memory units, and communication circuitry. The tower control units may be configured to determine one or more operational conditions of the smart irrigation system, to communicate to other tower control units the operational conditions, and to make adjustments based on the operational conditions. The tower control units may be configured for expedient and efficient replacement and maintenance in that they may be readily detachable from the smart irrigation system.

A monitoring and diagnostics system for a machine having a plurality of rotating components includes a powertrain with a plurality of rotating components and a vibration sensor. The vibration sensor include a vibration sensor element and a sensor controller. The vibration sensor is disposed adjacent one of the plurality of rotating components. The vibration sensor element is configured to generate raw vibration data indicative of vibrations of the vibration sensor element. The sensor controller is configured to access a vibration threshold, access a time threshold, receive the raw vibration data from the vibration sensor element, generate condition indicators based upon the raw vibration data; compare the condition indicators to the vibration threshold, and if the condition indicators exceed the vibration threshold for a time exceeding the time threshold, transmit a predetermined amount of raw vibration data to a remote system remote from the machine.