Nsk Corporation

Takeshi Senba

Shigeo Shinohara

Takaaki Sekine

Kenji Mori

Seiichi Kobayashi

Hideaki Kawada

Atsushi Horikoshi

Keiji Kashimoto

Atsushi Ooshima

Tetsuya Kodama

Shuji Endo

Shigeru Endo

Yusuke Kikuchi

Satoshi Ozaki

Yoshihiro Aosaki

Tamotsu Oumi

Hisayoshi Koiwai

Yasuhiro Shimizu

Kotaro Tagami

Hiroki Sugawara

Masahiro Okutani

Naoki Hyoudou

Mitsuo Shimoda

A motor controller, an electric power steering device using the motor controller, and a vehicle using the motor controller are provided. The motor controller includes plural hardware sets configured to operate in a normal state and to output a motor current, a control operation device configured to control the plurality of hardware sets commonly, an electric motor configured to operate with motor current output from each of the plurality of hardware sets, and an abnormality diagnosis unit configured to diagnose an abnormality of each of the plurality of hardware sets. In the control device, when there is an abnormal hardware set that has been diagnosed by the abnormality diagnosis unit, the control operation device stops an operation of the abnormal hardware set that has been diagnosed, and continues driving of the electric motor with a normal hardware set.

Motor controller, electric power steering device using the motor controller, and vehicle using the motor controller

A motor controller includes: a main motor drive circuit configured to control driving of a multi-phase electric motor; a backup motor drive circuit configured to control driving of the multi-phase electric motor, when an abnormality occurs at the main motor drive circuit; and an abnormality diagnosis unit configured to diagnose the abnormality of the main and backup motor drive circuits. In a normal drive state, only the main motor drive circuit is configured to drive the multi-phase electric motor, and in a backup drive state, when the abnormality diagnosis unit diagnoses that the abnormality occurs at the main motor drive circuit as a diagnoses result, a motor current of a phase output unit where the abnormality occurs is cut off, and the phase output unit that has been cut off is replaced with another phase output unit of a same phase in the backup motor drive circuit.

Motor control device and electric power-steering device and vehicle using said motor control device

A motor control apparatus includes a motor current shutoff unit inserted between a multi-phase inverter circuit and a multi-phase electric motor to shut off a current for each of plural phases, the inverter circuit including an arm for each of the plural phases, a redundant arm unit including one or more arms, a connection selecting unit selecting which one of windings of the electric motor is to be connected to each of the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit, an abnormal arm detection unit detecting an abnormality in each of the plural phases of the inverter circuit, and an abnormality control unit shutting off connection between an abnormal arm and the motor when the abnormal arm detection unit detects the abnormal arm, and connecting the one or more arms of the redundant arm unit to a winding of the motor shut off.

Motor control apparatus, electric power steering apparatus and vehicle using the same

A motor control apparatus includes a steering column having inserted therein a steering shaft to which steering torque is transmitted, a reduction gear box coupled to the steering shaft, and an electric motor that transmits a steering assisting force to the steering shaft via a reduction mechanism in the reduction gear box. The electric motor and its control unit including a control board mounted with a control circuit, are provided side by side in the reduction gear box. A connection terminal of the electric motor is electrically connected to the control unit directly. This minimizes a connection distance between the control unit and the electric motor.

Electric power steering apparatus and method of assembling the same

To provide an electric power steering apparatus in which it is possible to reduce a size of the entire structure of a control unit while sufficiently showing a heat radiation effect of heat generating members. The electric power steering apparatus includes a steering columnhaving inserted therein a steering shaftto which steering torque is transmitted, a reduction gear boxcoupled to the steering shaft, and an electric motorthat transmits a steering assisting force to the steering shaftvia a reduction mechanism in the reduction gear box. In the reduction gear box, a motor mounting sectionfor mounting the electric motoris formed at an end face in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the steering shaftand a control-unit mounting sectionfor mounting a control unitfor controlling to drive the electric motoris formed near the motor mounting section

Electric power steering apparatus

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Maebashi, Japan

Takeshi Senba