Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matshushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Yasuhiro Kondou

Yoshiaki Igarashi

Sadahiro Matsuura

Shigeru Satou

Teruo Maruyama

Masuo Takigawa

Shigeru Nakano

Tutomu Hamada

Masahiro Kawamura

Akio Masuo

A control system for an induction motor of the present invention independently commands the torque current component and the exciting current component of a stator current group supplied to the stator of an induction motor so as to feed-back control the amplitude and phase of the stator current group. The torque current component is commanded to control the output torque of the induction motor in correspondence with the output of a steering force sensor for detecting the steering force. According to an electric power steering apparatus using an induction motor controlled by the control system, a permanent magnet is not used for the motor so additional equipment such as a clutch is not required. Consequently, the structure can be simplified and the size of the unit can be reduced. Further, manual steering operation can be performed in the case of failure.

Control system for an induction motor

A first link member (7), an upper-limit link member (9a), and a lower-limit link member (9b) are rotatably and axially coupled together. When the throttle is to be opened, the throttle valve (5) is electrically controlled by the motor (4) which has been under the control of an output from the accelerator opening sensing device (3), and at the same time, the throttle valve (5) is mechanically controlled by the wire (12) through the link members (7, 9a, 9b) in response to the degree of opening of the accelerator. A high degree of throttle operation such as traction control, idling control, constant speed run, etc. can be executed normally, and when an abnormality arises, the fail-safe function is at work to close the throttle valve (5).

Throttle actuator

The present invention relates to an apparatus for running a car at constant speed, the apparatus controlling the car to run at a desired speed, wherein by a control circuit (21), both a car-speed deviation and an acceleration are taken as variables, and a pulse-width of pulse signals having a predetermined period is computed from a function for defining pulse-width, and the above-mentioned pulse is given to an actuator (12) for adjusting opening of a throttle valve (13), thereby quickening to settle down to a set car-speed, to enable to stably run at constant speed. Moreover, resetting device (9), (220), second constant-speed-running canceling device (11), (219) which cancel a state of constant-speed-running only by operation of a canceling switch (8), (28), and checking device (10) for checking memory data are provided, thereby improving safety and reliability of control.

Apparatus for running a car at constant speed

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Hirakata, Japan

Yasuhiro Kondou