Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Seiji Chuda

Hiroki Yamanaka

Hiroshi Ohi

Junichi Yoshizawa

Tetsuya Kodama

An electric power steering apparatus includes a rotating assist force computing unit for computing an assist force in the rotating direction of a steering wheel, a returning assist force computing unit for computing a returning assist force, which is a steering assist force in a direction opposite to the rotating direction, and a summing unit for adding up the computed assist force in the rotating direction and the computed returning assist force. The electric power steering apparatus returns the steering wheel and steered road wheels to the neutral position at an earlier time if a driver releases his or her hands from the steering wheel when rotating the steering wheel.

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Tokyo, Japan

Seiji Chuda