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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
David Theodore Christian, Jr., Troy, OH (US);
Takumi Makabe, Sakado, JP;
Rodney M. Frijas, Powell, OH (US);
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The disclosure provides a steering system for a vehicle. The steering system may include a steering rack and an electronic power steering (EPS) system. The EPS system may include an actuator that assists movement of the steering rack, a torque sensor; an angle sensor; and an EPS system controller. The EPS controller may be configured to determine a steering rack center point indicating a center of the steering rack between opposite maximum steering angles. The EPS controller may be configured to determine a vehicle center zero point. The EPS controller may be configured to store the vehicle center zero point in response to determining that the vehicle center zero point is within a threshold of the steering rack center point.