Electricity: motive power systems – Automatic and/or with time-delay means – Responsive to direction – inclination or angular position of...
Patent
1999-07-12
2000-05-16
Ro, Bentsu
Electricity: motive power systems
Automatic and/or with time-delay means
Responsive to direction, inclination or angular position of...
180422, 180423, 318272, B62D 5065
Patent
active
060641665
ABSTRACT:
A power steering apparatus is provided, which is adapted to generate a steering assist force by a hydraulic pressure of a pump driven by an electric motor. The apparatus includes: a vehicle speed sensor for sensing a vehicle speed; and a control circuit for switching a control mode between an assist mode in which a first voltage V1 is applied to the electric motor and a standby mode in which no voltage or a second voltage V2 lower than the first voltage V1 is applied to the electric motor. The control circuit includes a threshold computation circuit for determining a threshold of a predetermined physical quantity (motor current or steering angle) as a function of the vehicle speed V sensed by the vehicle sensor, and comparison means for comparing a level of the physical quantity with the threshold determined by the threshold computation circuit. The control mode is switched from the assist mode to the standby mode on the basis of a comparison result obtained by the comparison means.
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Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd.
Ro Bentsu
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