Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering assistance device for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆转向辅助装置
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Application No.: US11913902Application Date: 2006-07-03
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Publication No.: US07974752B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Masaharu Yamashita , Shuji Fujita
- Applicant: Masaharu Yamashita , Shuji Fujita
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-200520 20050708
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/313625 WO 20060703
- International Announcement: WO2007/007694 WO 20070118
- Main IPC: A01B69/00
- IPC: A01B69/00

Abstract:
A steering assist apparatus for a vehicle includes an electric motor for steering assist. Rotation output of the electric motor is reduced in speed by a ball-screw mechanism and converted to rectilinear motion, which is transmitted to a rack bar. An electronic control unit determines a target current value in accordance with a steering torque detected by a steering torque sensor and a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor. While using an actual current value of the electric motor detected by a current sensor as a feedback, the electronic control unit controls the current flowing through the electric motor to be equal to the target current value. The electronic control unit changes the feedback gain of the feedback control in accordance with a steering angle detected by a steering angle sensor, to thereby suppress abnormal noise generated at a steering mechanism, without deteriorating steering feel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090069979A1 STEERING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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