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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuko Oka, Kariya, JP;

Nobuyori Nakajima, Kariya, JP;

Go Endoh, Kariya, JP;

Koichi Nakamura, Kariya, JP;

Yosuke Ogi, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 21/22 (2016.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); H02P 7/00 (2016.01); H02P 25/22 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); H02K 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 21/36 (2016.01); H02P 21/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/10 (2013.01); B62D 5/0403 (2013.01); B62D 5/046 (2013.01); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); H02K 1/00 (2013.01); H02P 7/00 (2013.01); H02P 21/22 (2016.02); H02P 25/22 (2013.01); H02P 21/36 (2016.02); H02P 21/50 (2016.02);
Abstract

Inverter circuits are provided for motor winding sets, respectively. Control units are provided for the motor winding sets to generate control signals related to driving of the inverter circuits and control currents flowing through the motor winding sets, respectively, thereby controlling driving of a motor. The control mode includes a manual steering mode for controlling the motor according to a steering operation on a steering wheel by a driver and an automatic steering mode for controlling the motor independently of the steering operation on the steering wheel by the driver. The control units are capable of switching the control modes and differentiate the current control according to the control mode. By making the current control different according to the control mode, it is possible to attain optimal characteristics which correspond to each control mode.


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