Electric power steering apparatus

Details Electric power steering apparatus Electric power steering apparatus

1992-09-25

1993-11-09

Focarino, Margaret A.

Motor vehicles

Compensating devices

180142, 36442405, B62D 504

Patent

active

052594734

ABSTRACT:
An electric power steering apparatus having a main control section and a sub control section both for performing a control relating to a steering assistance, wherein the two control sections mutually detect abnormality each other by monitoring the cycle of a watchdog pulse signal that one control section sends to the other. When abnormality is detected in one or other of the control sections, the steering assistance is disabled. After the abnormal control section is restored to a normal operating state, the disabled steering assistance is released from the disabled state only after the vehicle speed has been reduced to zero. The sub control section detects abnormality in the main control section by performing simple arithmetic operations such as comparison of information relating to the inputs/outputs to and from the main control section.

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patent: 4895216 (1990-01-01), Fusimi et al.
patent: 5027276 (1991-06-01), Morishita et al.
patent: 5101922 (1992-04-01), Ohmura

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