Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 转向装置
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Application No.: US12674452Application Date: 2008-08-29
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Publication No.: US08280589B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Takashi Iwasaki
- Applicant: Takashi Iwasaki
- 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: JP2007-223652 20070830
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/066024 WO 20080829
- International Announcement: WO2009/028735 WO 20090305
- Main IPC: A01B69/00
- IPC: A01B69/00 ; H02P1/00 ; B62D5/04

Abstract:
A secondary-control-system power supply line is provided to supply electricity from a secondary power supply apparatus to an electronic control apparatus. When a primary power supply voltage becomes equal to or lower than a primary power supply determination voltage, a power supply control section turns a step-down switching element on and off to thereby supply electricity from the secondary power supply apparatus to the electronic control apparatus. When a secondary power supply voltage becomes equal to or lower than a secondary power supply determination voltage, the power supply control section turns a secondary power supply relay off so as to stop the supply of electric power from the secondary power supply apparatus to a motor drive circuit, and continues the supply of electric power to the electronic control apparatus. Thus, resetting of a microcomputer of the electronic control apparatus, which would otherwise occur due to a drop in the power supply voltage, is prevented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110264326A1 STEERING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-10-27
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