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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/50 (2016.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); H02P 25/22 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/50 (2016.02); B62D 5/046 (2013.01); H02P 25/22 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power steering device includes: an electric motor including multi-phase coils, which is configured to cause a steering mechanism of a vehicle to rotate; and a control unit including a plurality of inverter circuits configured to drive the electric motor, wherein the inverter circuits include capacitors for smoothing, which are small in number than phase number of the electric motor, and the capacitors are arranged between bridge circuits of respective phases of the inverter circuits.