Jidosha Kiki Co., Ltd.

Tomoyuki Ishii

Sadao Takeshima

Shinobu Kamono

Masayuki Shimura

In a pump operation control apparatus for a hydraulic brake boosting system, an ECU 13 is provided with a timer 16 to which an output signal from a brake switch 12 is supplied and a pump-operation-control-signal generating means 17 for transmitting a signal for operating and controlling a motor 9 in response to an output signal from the timer 16. When the brake switch 12 has been switched on, the operation of the pump is started. After predetermined time T has elapsed from a moment at which the brake switch 12 has been switched on, the operation of the pump is interrupted. If the brake switch 12 is continuously switched on after the predetermined time T has elapsed, the pump is operated for time elongated from the predetermined time T until the brake switch 12 is switched off. If the brake switch 12 is again switched on before the predetermined time T elapses, the pump is operated until the predetermined time T elapses from the moment at which the brake switch 12 has again been switched on.

Pump operation control apparatus for hydraulic brake boosting system

If a determination is made by a pressure gradient comparison means 24 that gradient of the rise in the pressure in an accumulator calculated by a pressure gradient calculating means 21 and realized during the operation of a pump is lower than a predetermined level, occurrence of an abnormal condition of the pump or a motor is determined. If a pressure gradient comparison means 24 determines that the gradient of pressure depression of the hydraulic pressure in the accumulator realized after the operation of the pump has been interrupted is higher than a predetermined value, occurrence of an abnormal condition which is leakage of solution is determined. If determination of the abnormal condition is sequentially made predetermined number of times, an abnormal-condition deciding means 28 decides occurrence of an abnormal condition, and then produces an output to an alarm-signal generating means 29.

Abnormal condition detecting apparatus and safety apparatus for

In a method of controlling an electric power steering apparatus by controlling a drive force of a steering force assisting electric motor when a vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed and controlling a braking force of the electric motor when the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined speed, a steering wheel forward or reverse turning state is determined in accordance with a change in steering torque when the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined state. The braking force of the electric motor is controlled only when the steering wheel reverse turning state is detected.

Method of controlling electric power steering apparatus

A method of controlling an electric power steering apparatus includes the steps of determining a steering state in accordance with a detection value and a retrieval value of a motor terminal across voltage, and limiting a motor current when a steering wheel held state is determined as the steering state determination result and a motor current value in the steering wheel held state is a predetermined value or more.

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Saitama, Japan

Tomoyuki Ishii